When slavery is established in any part of the world, those who are free are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way down.

There is a kind of truth in a well-told lie. When we look back, we don't see things as they were but how we would like them to have been.

Sometimes you do something, and you get screwed. Sometimes it's the things you don't do, and you get screwed.

I remind myself that my pain is not unique. Everybody suffers.

At first I saw you everywhere. Now only in certain things, at longer intervals.

If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best sweater.

Red cattle," Annabeth said. "The cattle of the sun." "What?" I [Percy] asked. "They're sacred to Apollo." "Holy cows?

The problem with requiring people to be loud and angry to get things done is that you're now surrounded by people who are loud and angry.

If I see MS Dhoni coming to bat at number 4, I will be the happiest person on earth