The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.

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.

I won’t stop until I can look at myself in the mirror in love with the person I see.

Piracy is the new radio.

Technology makes the world a new place.

Ah, Christ, that it were possible, For one short hour to see The souls we loved, that they might tell us What and where they be.

A lot of people think the blues is depressing but that's not the blues I'm singing. When I'm singing blues, I singing life. People can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies.

Religion is the love of life in the consciousness of impotence.

The world needs a pastor, whether it knows it or not.

We always say at CARE that we would love to see if we can work ourselves out of business.

Hair is associated with sexual power. With passion. The woman's sexual passion needs to be minimized, so that the spectator may feel that he has the monopoly on such passion

Nor was I the only one struggling.To live an ordinary life, like any ordinary person, must have been the vain dream of countless others.