On completely popular government: Its superiority in reference to present well-being rests upon two principles, of as universal truth and applicability as any general propositions which can be laid down respecting human affairs. The first is, that the rights and interests of every or any person are only secure from being disregarded, when the person interested is himself able, and habitually disposed, to stand up for them. The second is, that the general prosperity attains a greater height, and is more widely diffused, in proportion to the amount and variety of the personal energies enlisted in promoting it.

What is the one sentence summary of how you change the world? Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting!

Larry Page

It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on.

Mary Douglas

At the end of the day, my goal was to be the best hacker.

Kevin Mitnick

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

Andrew Carnegie

As strong as the United States is, we can't deal with terrorism alone.

Madeleine Albright

Educating a son I should allow him no fairy tales and only a very few novels. This is to prevent him from having 1. the sense of romantic solitude (if he is worth anything he will develop a proper and useful solitude) which identification with the hero gives. 2. cant ideas of right and wrong, absurd systems of honor and morality which never will he be able completely to get rid of, 3. the attainment of ideals, of a priori desires, of a priori emotions. He should amuse himself with fact only: he will then not learn that if the weak younger son do or do not the magical honorable thing he will win the princess with hair like flax.

Lionel Trilling

A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight.

Henry David Thoreau

Illegal immigration is crisis for our country. It is an open door for drugs, criminals, and potential terrorists to enter our country. It is straining our economy, adding costs to our judicial, healthcare, and education systems.

Timothy Murphy

An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.

Irv Kupcinet

Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Lou Holtz

The best way to keep children at home is to make the home a pleasant atmosphere and let the air out of the tires.

Dorothy Parker

What's the three words you never want to hear while making love? Honey, I'm home.

Ken Hammond