“As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.”

“Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.”

“People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.”

“Power ought to serve as a check to power.”

“But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.”

“When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.”

“There are many things that make a man irritable when he arrives home from work in the evening and a sensible wife will usually notice the storm-signals and will leave him alone until he simmers down.”

“Oblivion, she thought. That was the world she lived in. It was what they should name some countries, towns, and places.”

“A lot of men wouldn't like being called a romantic. It's not macho enough.'Quite often men are fools.”

“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.”

“Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is.”

“Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.”

“Then join in hand brave Americans all! By uniting we stand by dividing we fall.”

“All for one one for all.”

“We must all hang together or assuredly we shall hang separately.”