Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure.

The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

We shall never change our political leaders until we change the people who elect them.

Gold is as steady as a rock, a standardbearer by which all currencies can be accurately measured.

You can judge a man by the books in his library.

For those of us in the financial world, Black Friday has a strong negative connotation, referring to a stock market catastrophe.

No one spends someone elses money as carefully as he spends his own.

In a free society, individuals have the right to do right or wrong, as long as they don't threaten or infringe upon the rights or property of others.

The profit motive promotes economic growth by creating better products at cheaper prices.

I am tired of the constant demonizing of people via political labels.

It is business that generates the jobs, income and taxes that keep a country going.

Belief in yourself is more important than endless worries of what others think of you. Value yourself and others will value you. Validation is best that comes from within.

Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.

Sleep well in your room all three together... don't worry about me being alone.

In some way or other we are part of a single, all-embracing psyche, a single 'greatest man. . . .'

Kindness is the key to peace and harmony in family life.

The history of photography needs clearing out. It needs something else now. Because photography always acknowledged there were cameras before photography.

Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

This is a love story. I never knew there were so many kinds of love or that love could make people do so many different things. I never knew there were so many different ways to say goodbye.

The last person I'd date is some rich kid who's had everything handed to her on a plate. Give me a normal girl any day.

We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does well will always have patrons enough. [Lat., Virtute ambire oportet, non favitoribus. Sat habet favitorum semper, qui recte facit.]