The way to virtually eliminate genocide and mass murder appears to be through restricting and checking power. This means to foster democratic freedom.

Power kills, absolute power kills absolutely.

Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth.

Nobody can be trusted with unlimited power. The more power a regime has, the more likely people will be killed. This is a major reason for promoting freedom.

We have a solution for war. It is to expand the sphere of liberty.

Political scientists almost everywhere have promoted the expansion of government power. They have functioned as the clergy of oppression.

What is more yours than what always holds you back?

We are all the same. Only our thoughts are slightly different.

There’s discipline, Mahrree knew, and then there’s abuse. The first works, while the second never does. And some people, like Lemuel Thorne, had no idea there was even a difference.

I guess short films have a bright future... The advantage is budget.

No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.

Appreciate your surroundings and be grateful for it and that's when good things happen.

A key ingredient to success, I learned, is relying on not only the kindness of strangers, but the kindness of colleagues.

It is possible to combine a story line and plot line in the same work. Usually the storylines comes first, serving as a background to the plot line, but not always.

The name is Schitt," he replied. "Jack Schitt.

Every man is what he is, because of the DOMINATING THOUGHTS which he permits to occupy his mind.