That alone is wise which is just; that alone is enduring which is right.

What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power.

What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war.

There are only three ways by which any individual can get wealth — by work, by gift or by theft. And, clearly, the reason why the workers get so little is that the beggars and thieves get so much.

There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism.

Laissez faire (in its full true meaning) opens the way to the realization of the noble dreams of socialism.

That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one.

Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.

Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.

Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.

There can be to the ownership of anything no rightful title which is not derived from the title of the producer and does not rest upon the natural right of the man to himself.

Hold yourself back, or heal yourself back together. You decide.

We all know that joy and sorrow are entirely matters of fate and have nothing whatsoever to do with planning.

Ay call it holy ground The soil where first they trod. They have left unstained what there they found - Freedom to worship God.

A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.

On Friday I was in Washington for a meeting with Administration officials. In the course of that meeting, they requested that I "step aside" as CEO of GM, and so I have.

Dali had a good sense of humor - obviously you could tell just looking at him; he was funny.

You are epic fail if you think you are better than me!

You want to play? Come find me angel boy.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

The "Otherizing" of women is the oldest oppression known to our species, and it's the model, the template, for all other oppressions.