The original of all great and lasting societies consisted not in the mutual good will men had toward each other, but in the mutual fear they had of each other.

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

Hell is truth seen too late.

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

If you have a deep-seated need to be loved and admired every day, you shouldn't be in politics. You should go work at a pet store.

It's hard to face tomorrow, but it's easier than facing no tomorrow.

People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.

The sense of ultimate truth is the intellectual counterpart of the esthetic sense of perfect beauty, or the moral sense of perfect good.

Being president of a major public university is the most political nonpolitical office around.

You may be wondering why there are words on my hands. That's because I'm a dork. And I'm gonna choose not to explain myself.

I'm a person who likes to develop. I like for people to see me grow.

A little spoon for a cup of soup teaches to be patient; and the big one, to be greedy!

I had a crush on Percy," Nico spat. "That's the truth. That's the big secret.

Suspicion shall be all stuck full of eyes.