Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.

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.

Marriage is like a toothbrush. It starts out smooth and gets kind of prickly towards the end.

If it’s that jerk, he’s going to see my gun. ‘My body is a weapon.’ Dumb sh*t. I bet my gun can take out his body really damn quick.

Sometimes you lie to deceive people. Sometimes you lie because you need the lie to become the truth.

Nobody would be left to round out the workforce and execute the business plan.

The melody rolled over her, as cool and sweet as water, as hopeful and lovely as sunrise.

Every artist is an unhappy lover.

The faithful will know that every tear today will eventually be returned a hundredfold with tears of rejoicing and gratitude.

There is no such thing as business ethics. There is only one kind -- you have to adhere to the highest standards.

A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people.

The development of physics, like the development of any science, is a continuous one.