What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

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.

I LIVE MY LIFESO HAPPILY IN CRAZY WITH HER.

We wander along the world along many paths and maybe without knowing it we are walking now along one path towards success!

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

If you believe in evolution and naturalism then you have a reason not to think your faculties are reliable.

Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices, tightening our belts.

When you hear the elephant music you're hearing what they mean to make.

Blocking and countering like they do in the films doesn't work, so don't bother trying.

Free competition exists inside shelters of law, custom, insurance, political approval, and carefully protected status.

...we are entitled to make almost any reasonable assumption, but should resist making conclusions until evidence requires that we do so.

Before you can think out of the box, you have to start with a box