The concessions of the privileged to the unprivileged are seldom brought about by any better motive than the power of the unprivileged to extort them.

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.

I've been guilty of over analyzing & under achieving.

Any time where the delta b/w what is possible and how things work today is at its widest, that's an opportunity to go build new technology.

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

Ideally, you would live in an area that is not necessarily in the middle of the country, out in the woods, because you can isolate yourself there and get stuck in your own thoughts.

I must repay the gratitude given by pretties.. I want to give even more happiness that I have received all these while

You might as well take the sun out of the sky as friendship from life: for the immortal gods have given us nothing better or more delightful.

My mother wanted to shrink from my clinging, but did not.

I know nothing at all about music.

I think the greatest thing that we can do is take care of each other.

Good is not good, where better is expected