The aggregation of large fortunes is not at all a thing to be regretted.

Great captains of industry are as rare as great generals

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.

The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. . . . I call C the Forgotten Man.

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual.

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.

If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee.

We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.

The State cannot get a cent for any man without taking it from some other man, and this latter must be a man who has produced and saved it. This latter is the Forgotten Man

There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.

It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and to force society into an organization of only two classes, one at each social extreme.

And on some level it walways felt like kids paying at being grown

If I can look at your zip code and I can tell whether you're going to get a good education, we've got a real problem.

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.

An untested faith is an unreliable faith.

To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.

I planted a seed of hatred in my heart. I swore it would grow to be a massive tree whose roots would strangle them all.

Making movies is never going to get better than working on a Coen brothers project.

The great break of my literary career was going to law school.

I want to be like a sunflower; so that even on the darkest days I will stand tall and find the sunlight.

I'm beat to the square, and square to the beat, and that's my vocation.