The passions of men are commonly more potent than their reason.

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.

Persecution for Christians is not a possibility, it's a promise, it's not a maybe, it's a surely! Following Jesus can mean finding the trouble you've been looking for!

There may not be much future for the kind of sports column I did.

Arrogance is the obstruction of wisdom.

I grew up always knowing what I wanted to do, and I'm starting to see how rare that is. All of my friends are just figuring it out. It's a process of elimination until you find what you love.

I'm not prepared to sacrifice my being engaged in the world for just any relationship.

Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other.

When political figures are shown on television or in movies, it's always the liberal Democrats that are shown to be humane, caring people.

We're democratizing the tools of creativity.

I went out to some advertising agencies and asked if I could do anything.

The child and the poet know that Reality is what does not need to be realistic.