The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.

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.

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

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.

Rights can be considered wrongs, depending on who is judging.

this process isn’t suitable for complex decisions that have nuance, and those who use it in such situations run the risk of being perceived as rubberstamping when the decision had already been made.

We do not take humor seriously enough.

Judge me by my deeds, though they are few, rather than my words, though they are many.

I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King.

My way of thinking is better than yours.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

The age factor means nothing to me. I'm old enough to know my limitations and I'm young enough to exceed them.

Shortly after news of Zarqawi's death reached the media, al-Qaeda stated its intention to continue its oppression of the Iraqi people.