for the people must have some complicated machinery or other, and hear its din, to satisfy that idea of government which they have.

Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resigns his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward.

The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it.

You can't hit it out of the park if you're not at the plate

A lot of people can raise money.

In many ways we were drugged when we were young. We were brought up to need people. For what? For acceptance, approval, appreciation, applause.

The greatest possession we have costs nothing; it's known as love.

Laughing makes everything easier.

If it weren't for men, this planet would be overrun with giant spiders.

If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.

I have an underwater camera just in case I crash my car into a river, and at the last minute I see a photo opportunity of a fish that I have never seen.

Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack.

You half fancied that to go in as it was rising and dipping at the same time.