We have a solution for war. It is to expand the sphere of liberty.

Power kills, absolute power kills absolutely.

Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth.

The way to virtually eliminate genocide and mass murder appears to be through restricting and checking power. This means to foster democratic freedom.

Nobody can be trusted with unlimited power. The more power a regime has, the more likely people will be killed. This is a major reason for promoting freedom.

Political scientists almost everywhere have promoted the expansion of government power. They have functioned as the clergy of oppression.

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.

I'm very happy and very excited when my adrenalin is going.

I think trying to be offbeat is the most boring thing possible.

Cuban mechanics obviously have to be the best mechanics in the world.They're going to figure out all sorts of things to do.

I think a lot of people study the rules too much and then don't know how to be creative.

In the facades we put on for others we demonstrate our potential; through our children we reveal our reality.

I say, when Mercury arrives, we just pretend we’re not here.” Lawe tipped back his whiskey and swallowed in a single drink. “Stay real quiet. Don’t make eye contact.” They all nodded.

The egotism of people who are eminent without being in the least distinguished and somehow feeling that's their due - that seems to me to be a peculiarly English phenomenon.

You can send people letters, and show them photos, but they can never come to visit where you live. Unless you love them. And then they can burn it down.

A vacation trip is one-third pleasure, fondly remembered, and two-thirds aggravation, entirely forgotten.