Whenever government abandons law, it proclaims anarchy.

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.

The very best relationship has a gardener and a flower. The gardener nurtures and the flower blooms.

I was a total bad girl growing up.

Nature is woman's best friend,' she [Yasmina] often said. 'If you're having troubles, you just swim in the water, stretch out in a field, or look up at the stars. That's how a woman cures her fears'.

And, like the great damned souls, I shall always feel that thinking is worth more than living.

Weariness is the shortest path to equality and fraternity-and finally liberty is bestowed by sleep.

Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess

You can have the best vaccines for a woman or her child, but if you can't get her to come and get them then they won't work.

I’ll affect you slowly as if you were having a picnic in a dream. There will be no ants. It won’t rain.

My mom knows what it's like to keep a dirt floor clean.

China has lunged into the 21st century, while India is still lurching toward it.