Rage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour than prudence, deliberation, and foresight can build up in a hundred years.

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.

We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.

Turn your stumbling blocks into stepping stones.

Obviously record companies tend to be following what the scene is rather than making the scene.

You become most powerful in whatever you do if the action is performed for its own sake rather than as a means to protect, enhance, or conform to your role identity.

But what is your duty? What the day demands. [Ger., Was aber ist deine Pflicht? Die Forderung des Tages.]

Things that would shock us years ago are like nothing now.

A Christian, a Deist, a Turk, and a Jew, have equal rights: they are men and brethren.

And, I think, as a kid, I had a strong motivation to do something of my life. And, I think that's the strongest motivation I really got. And, that came obviously from my parents and my grandparents

Death does determine life.

I am always drawn back to places where I have lived, the houses and their neighborhoods.