People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

Light a candle against the darkness...

Hand in hand with freedom of speech goes the power to be heard, to share in the decisions of government which shape men's lives.

I think that literature quite often emerges from areas where there has been a lack of articulation, like women's writing.

I have family in Tanzania. I can't even explain the joy of riding through the Tanzania national park and seeing giraffes run across the road and elephants over in a pond and baboons running.

Don't waste even a minute magnifying your perceived inadequacies. You can't do it all. Why berate yourself for not achieving the impossible?

Being peaceful is being angel!

A man only has a soul to be won or lost.

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.

The mass of the citizens is the safest depositary of their own rights.

Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!