No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.

In the state of nature... all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.

Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

Always watch your attitude, never forget to express your gratitude.

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

I have always loved tartans - such an ornamented type of weaving, so vivid in colour, and such a masculine aspect. But actually, I think tartans can be feminine or masculine.

I was a child actor in radio, and there's not many of us left.

Some things are better eschewed than chewed; tobacco is one of them.

The outside wold pressures you into a mold, but if you don't accept that - you gamble with life. Call it gambling.

The only people who should use the possessive 'we' are kings, newspaper editors, and persons with tapeworms.

Ungratefulness is the very poison of manhood.

There's a word in Japanese for being sad in the springtime - a whole word for just being sad - about how pretty the flowers are and how soon they're going to die.

Just can't wait to get on the road again