Very good laws may be ill timed.

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.

Granny was an old-fashioned witch. She didn’t do good for people, she did right by them.

Stay focus. Stay focus.

In 1969 America put the man on the moon.In 2016 America put the man in the women's bathroom.

I'm all about your mindset, being focused, staying positive, being optimistic, and knowing that these are all aspects of my life that I love and enjoy.

Vampires always order hot drinks. They aren't going to drink them; but they can feel the warmth and smell them if they're hot, and that is so good.

Politico reports, multiple advisers to the Right To Rise super Pac concede privately that the $40 million spent on positive ads aimed at telling Bush's story yielded no tangible dividends.

There is no man can take, there is no pool can slake, ultimately I am alone; ultimately I am done.

I think Americans are wonderful film actors - the best in the world - but they are a very contemporary race and they look forward all the time.

More and more I find that in order to create effectively one has to consider delirium and, yes, organize it.

I want to tell stories about Europe - I feel profoundly European, I don't feel like an American.