The enemies of Freedom do not argue they shout and they shoot.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

Anxiety is the interest paid on trouble before it is due.

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about 100 years before he is born.

Public opinion: a vulgar impertinent anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for any one of us who is not content to be the average man.

There are two kinds of fools: one says 'This is old therefore it is good' the other says 'This is new therefore it is better.'

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

It is said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things and himself of anything.

The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states - Israel Athens Florence Elizabethan England.

If we give the supply of growth, self-improvement, self-education, into our lives, life would favour us

I try to protect my loved ones, the people I share my life with, because they don't have a public life like me. I want to keep their lives private out of respect for them.

Everybody's got a job to do, and I do mine as best I can.

It is the framework which changes with each new technology and not just the picture within the frame.

Work my hands in the soil, what's the pay for all the toil? Dust for blood, dust for blood, dust for blood.

I love opposition that has convictions.

I had never feared insomnia before--like prison, wouldn't it just give you more time to read?

We're just very much a plain-vanilla, long-only investment fund.

You always learn something from mistakes.

You have to be more disciplined every day to get better and learn the game.