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

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.

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.

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

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

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

I would like to ask the many Filipino people to pray together, to help each other so that we will be able to preserve the democracy we restored 20 years ago.

In America, their pre-production is really long but the production is much shorter. They decide everything from the beginning to the end. They edit and nobody can touch it, actually.

It is habit for me to discount myself before somebody else does it for me. Better to get in the first lick

Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Take prayer with you wherever you go. Say it anytime, and then focus your mind and heart on God.

Me and Jerry left because we felt we weren't getting anywhere playing our old songs in tiny clubs. The group was getting stale and staying behind the times.

The idealist and dreamer will stubbornly go down with the ship. The serial innovator grabs the rudder and changes course.

God save us from idealists! They dream of a world without injustice, and what crime won't they commit to get it! I swear, Mirella, I'll settle for a world with good manners.

Always aim for 100 percent and you'll always know where to improve.