Vices are those acts by which a man harms himself or his property. Crimes are those acts by which one man harms the person or property of another.

A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years.

The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life. And many, if not most, taxes are paid under the compulsion of that threat.

Those who are capable of tyranny are capable of perjury to sustain it.

Government is in reality established by the few; and these few assume the consent of all the rest, without any such consent being actually given.

These so-called governments are in reality only great bands of robbers and murderers, organized, disciplined, and constantly on the alert.

Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness. Unlike crimes, they imply no malice toward others, and no interference with their persons or property.

No government knows any limits to its power except the endurance of the people.

To say that majorities, as such, have a right to rule minorities, is equivalent to saying that minorities have, and ought to have, no rights, except such as majorities please to allow them.

A man is none the less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years. Neither are a people any the less slaves because permitted periodically to choose new masters.

Legally speaking, there are no such things as 'public rights,' as distinguished from individual rights. Legally speaking, there is no such creature or thing as 'the public.'

Budgeting has only one rule: Do not go over budget.

Twilight ...Say, who you are !!The dusk before the nightOr the dawn before the light(Page 73)

PS. Docendo discimus. (Latin. By teaching, we learn.)

...you need to travel to see the ocean - I don't need the ocean - I have the sky...

I have a great time with my life, and I wanna share it.

You know what Andy Warhol's sole contribution to this country has been? He made Campbell's Soup a household word.

One mans cult is another mans religion.

Patience is not simply enduring; it is enduring well!

Try saying this silently to everyone and everything you see for thirty days and see what happens to your own soul: I wish you happiness now and whatever will bring happiness to you in the future.

When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation that gave great energy and expressiveness to my performance.