What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power.

What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war.

There are only three ways by which any individual can get wealth — by work, by gift or by theft. And, clearly, the reason why the workers get so little is that the beggars and thieves get so much.

There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism.

Laissez faire (in its full true meaning) opens the way to the realization of the noble dreams of socialism.

That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one.

Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.

Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.

Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.

There can be to the ownership of anything no rightful title which is not derived from the title of the producer and does not rest upon the natural right of the man to himself.

There are people into whose heads it never enters to conceive of any better state of society than that which now exists.

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Our pride keeps us from breaking our pride. Our pride tells us we don't have pride issues.

When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

Television lets audiences deeply connect with characters.

When you look up at the sky, you have a feeling of unity which delights you and makes you giddy.

If you keep pushing paint when you're tired of it, you lose sensitivity. I can only focus on painting for a few hours, so I'll stop and work on something quite different.

A woman needs her privacy while drinking a dirty Belvedere martini on the rocks with a splash of Tabasco.

What other people think is more important than what we feel.

Men respect standards- get some!

I think I must be worried all the time - maybe that is the other side of joy, you know, holding that line of the full range of emotions.