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.

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.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

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.

Be fair. Play hard.

I don't like to cook, but I like to eat popcorn with butter and salt.

Baseball is a game of averages, but over a short period of time, to have a little luck going is not a bad thing.

I don't like Bush. I don't trust him. I don't like his record. He's stupid. He's lazy.

My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I think in a certain way, I was a 27 year old kid with a guitar

Cancer is something that touches everyone's lives.

We can bring a heart of understanding and compassion to a world that needs it so much.

If you want to write in a mature and interesting way, you have to have sympathy for everyone that's involved.

When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse.

I love acting. It is so much more real than life.