The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.

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.

You can expect interior enforcement actions in the future.

My plans have always exceeded my capacities and energies

It's okay to forgive yourself immediately and for good.

That's kind of my ideal sequel - a movie that continues the story, takes one character and moves on, and moves forward with that character that survived with the first one.

Act as young as you feel. You're not getting older; you're getting more entitled to be your fabulous self.

Music is an indirect force for change

Poverty persuades a man to do and suffer everything that he may escape from it.

Every man of any education would rather be called a rascal, than accused of deficiency in the graces.

I used to be an optimist, but now I know that nothing is going to turn out as I expect.

Ridcully was to management what King Herod was to the Bethlehem Playgroup Association.