Remember that one touch of ill-nature makes the whole world kin.

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

Socialism means slavery.

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.

It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.

It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.

Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.

The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.

A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn." (1872)

When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms.

He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren't for my father, I don't think I would be so open. So that's a huge blessing.

People dance and we have a lot of music and... this might be the closet I get for a while.

Men are very easy- You treat them well, and they behave right. You don't treat them well, and they don't behave right.

Sometimes constraints actually create success. Not being able to swim made me run. And running taught me the discipline I needed as a writer.

I mean, the things you think will never happen, you have to confront; those things that come into your life that you thought you never could deal with, you do.

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

I miss New York terribly. There is no place like the city. I miss people-watching. I miss the nightlife. I miss the food. There are so many options in New York City.

Learning how to make your own fun and discover things on your own is something that is applicable to any job, any relationship, any trip, any adventure in life.