Wise men will apply their remedies to vices, not to names; to the causes of evil which are permanent, not the occasional organs by which they act, and the transitory modes in which they appear.

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.

When you love someone, be sure that you will be loved in return.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

I-man say don't make jah body a graveyard for de dead animals.

You don't have to explain yourself. Let your weakness be yours. Let your strength be everybody's. You understand the principle?

Forever turned out to be too long.

I terribly miss - we all miss, I think - somebody like the great producer Irving Thalberg. He had a foot in both camps: He understood us creative people. And he understood the money people.

Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world

I thought I was a good kid.

In place of a hermeneutics we need an erotics of art.