The study of History is the beginning of wisdom.

In a democracy sovereignity is vested in a majority; and a majority is not only, at best, an ignorant, foolish and emotional mob, but shifts continually and alters from year to year.

History teaches us the mistakes we are going to make.

Look at me, Nat. I won’t bite.” There was a long pause before he said, “Hard.

If you don't have shadows, you're not in the light.

Poets are Damned... but See with the Eyes of Angels.

He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.

I don't want to have thousands of people shot in a city where, essentially, I'm the president.

The tocsin you hear today is not an alarm but an alert: it sounds the charge against our enemies.

I had an appointment with a sexual deviant and I didn’t want to be late.

I don't think people buy technology products because of the personalities of the people behind them.

I like talking to a brick wall- it's the only thing in the world that never contradicts me!

Boundary wardens, Zedd thought, were tougher than they had a right to be.