There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing.

It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.

In the state of nature... all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.

Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

The devil is a bad devil.

Life's true face is the skull.

The man in the coon skin cap in the pig pen wants eleven dollar bills, you've only got ten.

We must be our own authentically unique truth, and question who we are, what created us, and what processes within us are alien and externally created.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Mental violence is as bad as physical violence. You don't see that very often in movies, so it was a good subject to tackle.

Stress means there is something wrong, and you are not aligned with life.

The eco-movement is growing as people all over catch on to the need to protect our precious planet, which makes the future look really bright - and makes me really happy.

I would love to go into an animal's dream - like a lion's or a cat's. I'm sure that's pretty awesome.

By artist I mean of course everyone who has tried to create something which was not here before him, with no other tools and material than the uncommer-ciable ones of the human spirit.