To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to deprecate the value of freedom itself.

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.

Most people would instantly start feeling ten years older if someone were to convince them that they were actually born a decade before their birthdate.

Evil people can still keep promises. Many have done just that, girl, though they are usually not promises you ‘rational’ people wish them to keep.

The love of independence and dislike of unjust treatment is the source of a thousand virtues.

The effort of learning. It's the same when you approach any new skill or technique, from a dance step to driving a car. The effort of learning stops you, at first, from doing it well.

Should I not hear, as I lie down in dust, The horns of glory blowing above my burial?

Relatives cannot help you in the studios. You stand or fall by your own efforts.

It's no treat being in bed with me.

I have great respect for Craig Lucas. I absolutely adore his sensibility.

The youth of France do not want a new neo-liberal contract.

Intention is not something you do, but rather a force that exists in the universe as an invisible field of energy, a power that can carry us.