This sort of people are so taken up with their theories about the rights of man that they have totally forgotten his nature.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

The universe offers you three things that money cannot buy: joy, love, and life.

One of the most influential aspects of people's psychology is how they perceive the world around them and how they relate to it.

No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.

Virtue has needs of limits.

In the culture we live in, there's this pervasive, shared agreement that there's a certain body type to admire, and it isn't actually based on anything real or substantive.

Good friends are hard to find and impossible to forget.

The idea of the solitary hero can be quite an unhealthy one, and we need to pool our efforts and be heroic together!

Dear gentlemen, let me die a natural death.

The only real source of historical information about pre-Islamic Mecca and the circumstances of the Koran's revelation is the classical Islamic story about the religion's foundation.

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do but to achieve what they want to achieve.