The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order.

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions can prove a substitute for common sense and public morality.

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.

I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.

Decide if a poem is a question or a declaration, a meditation or an outcry.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

That it is statistically easier for low-IQ people to kick an addiction than it is for high-IQ people...That boring activities become, perversely, much less boring if you concentrate intently on them.

We don't have to start all over again and try to keep the slate clean. There is no more slate.

I just have so much love for my record label.

Because education is such a broad area, I chose to focus on language learning.

The mind has a complex life that can seem quite autonomous - dreams, obsessions, unwilled memory are all instances of this.

The greatest romance is with the Infinite.

We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.

I knew I couldn't believe in God, because I was fundamentally Hellenic in my outlook.