Popular government has not yet been proved to guarantee, always and everywhere, good government.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.

When all think alike, then no one is thinking

The press does not tell us what to think, it tells us what to think about.

The news and the truth are not the same thing.

The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism.

To create a minimum standard of life below which no human being can fall is the most elementary duty of the democratic state.

It is often very illuminating...to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted, named the thing, about which you have an opinion?

It's a bad word, 'belong.' Especially when you put it with somebody you love ... You can't own a human being.

Vetting and verifying information is one thing. Having our government sending out conflicting messages to the American people when conflict can be avoided is another.

Good golf begins with a good grip.

Hi my name is Brian, but uh, you can call me 'B-Rok'. Cuz, I be rockin' your house!

Five hundred years from now, who'll know the difference?!

I think real true success is when, yes, you have reached the goal, reached yours, but it's how many others you have helped along the way.

In Paris, the greatest expression of personal satisfaction known to man is the smirk on the face of a male, highly pleased with himself as he leaves the boudoir of a lady.

The chimps' way of aggression is quick and brutal. I compare them to gang attacks.

The U.S., France, Germany and Canada have all responded to the financial crisis by boosting rather than cutting their science funding. The U.K. has not.

Our baboon was going completely sky goddess - which is to say, nuts.