The most favourable laws can do very little towards the happiness of people when the disposition of the ruling power is adverse to them.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

if you don´t wanna teach don´t waste time learning

I think governments can't do much.

Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.

If you haven't understood the world you're living in, it's impossible to think that the solution you're coming up with fits.

I have an obligation to try to live as long as I can for my family.

When it's time to write a new song, anything that you thought you understood last time is pretty much pulverized.

I made a tremendous amount of money on real estate. I'll take real estate rather than go to Wall Street and get 2.8 percent.

Democrats and Republicans love Israel and all of us care about the existential threat to Israel from Iran.

Water seeks its own level and water rises collectively

The Buddha's teaching leads us to the realization that we must always strive to harm no sentient being, human or nonhuman, whether or not it is in our selfish interest to do so.