Politics ought to be adjusted not to human reasonings but to human nature, of which reason is but a part and by no means the greatest part.

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.

I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.

A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.

Don't waste your breath proclaiming what's really important to you. How you spend your time says it all.

Love taught me that your honour did but jest.

Drawing is . . . not an exercise of particular dexterity, but above all a means of expressing intimate feelings and moods.

If We allow Slaves, we act against the very Principles by which we associated together, which was to relieve the distressed.

The weak may be joked out of anything but their weakness.

In contrast to totalitarianism, democracy can face and live with the truth about itself.

The poor are too busy working to need justice.

I concur with you strictly in your opinion of the comparative merits of atheism and demonism, and really see nothing but the latter in the being worshipped by many who think themselves Christians.