The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth but in which each gets in proportion to his contribution to the general stock.

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.

How could I feel something when... I always get screw up... good people get killed and bad people just make suicides.

When you’re in love, you’re capable of learning everything and knowing things you had never dared even to think, because love is the key to understanding of all the the mysteries.

Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time.

If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.

Kindness was the last thing she needed. She had to stay in the icy place, the numb place, and their warmth threatened to melt her just when she needed the cold.

It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal.

I'm home about two days a month, and on those I have to pack.

My love is unique an none can rival her. Just by passing, she has already stolen away my heart.

Anybody that you put on TV five hours a week is at some point is going to say something stupid.

Do not make small goals because they do not have the magic to stir men's souls.