The peculiarity of the evidence of mathematical truths is that all the argument is on one side.

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.

There it was again, the prickling sense of standing on a precipice.

OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us.

To televisionize any serious problem, the program directors face the task of making the message 'go down smooth' until the audience is delivered to the commercial.

Russia perhaps is still entertaining the possibility that the moons of Mars might have access to ice or water.

Were we as eloquent as angels we still would please people much more by listening rather than talking.

Matter of internal security - the age-old cry of the oppressor. Picard

As the seconds of our lives are ticking away, you have to realize that life needs to be an adventure.

Women in music have the bigger balls anyhow we endure much more harassment and critic.

Beauty grows in you to the extent that love grows, because charity itself is the soul's beauty.

I wanted to make photographs in which everything was so complex and detailed that you could look at them forever and never see everything.