Socialism is a new form of slavery.

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order.

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions can prove a substitute for common sense and public morality.

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.

I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.

Savor every little bit of life and spin your own wonderfully beautiful web.

The keystone… some have called God, some Brahma, some Zeus… some even IAO… but in truth, O seeker, it is Thy-SELF.

I think that 'The Sopranos' uses music incredibly well.

Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade.

You got dealt some crappy cards. But you're the one who has to decide how to play them.

I'll change to a dragon, then you'll be sorry.

I think there's probably a God-shaped hole in everybody's being. Even if God only exists in people's minds, He's still a force.

He certainly seems like the perfect guy but none of that matters if he's not the perfect guy for you.

If there was one truth Evie had learned in her short life, it was that forgiveness was easier to seek than permission. She didn’t plan to ask for either one.

I feel like I've been lucky, because I don't feel like I've ever tried to be somebody I'm not. People might disagree.