Socialism means slavery.

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.

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 wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

God cannot help you in your ignorance.

A mind without freedom, a life without liberty, is like a heart without love, a journey without a destination.

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.

If there's one thing Robert had learned in three weeks at Lovecraft Middle School, it's that nothing was impossible.

Fire will run like poetry through your blood.

There is an invariable law that the only way to keep the real things of life is by sharing them or giving them away.

Mormons aren't gonna buy my album but, you know, what are you gonna do?

Only those live who do good.

I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film criticism by giving people an opportunity to self publish or to find sites that are friendly.

Time is a face on the water.