The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

Socialism means slavery.

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.

It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.

It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.

Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

You can't overdose on friends, only enemies.

It’s a violent galaxy filled with cutthroat pirates, cyber-mercenaries and star messiahs. If peace comes, it will have to steal in like a thief.

You may have numerous answers to your problems, but none can really solve them. Answers are not solutions.

If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game.

The twentieth century saw the emergence of a Churchless Mission and a Missionless Church

The main characteristics of effective leadership are intelligence, integrity or loyalty, mystique, humor, discipline, courage, self sufficieny and confidence.

Art is a ripening, an evolution, an uplifting which enables us to emerge from darkness into a blaze of light.

If I were ever prosecuted for my religion, I truly hope there would be enough evidence to convict me.

I don't advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I'll step on his.

Many photographers think they are photographing nature when they are only caricaturing her.