“At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities.”

Liberty is the prevention of control by others.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime.

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.

Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.

The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.

There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.

Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.

Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.

The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.

Before God, there is neither Greek nor barbarian, neither rich nor poor, and the slave is as good as his master, for by birth all men are free; they are citizens of the universal commonwealth which embraces all the world, brethren of one family, and children of God.

Official truth is not actual truth.

Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.

I’m not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.

A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom

When you go out with your crew of friends and you get into trouble, at the end of the night when you come home, you’re still the same crew of friends. It’s just the story that you have to tell.

All of my friends were doing babysitting jobs.

People want to be friends with someone who likes to have a good time.

I don’t like those men who claim that their wife is their best friend. . . . I think spouses should tolerate each other and occasionally have sex.

A lot of us are friends with each. We obviously respect each other.

Sex is important to guys. We need stories to tell our friends.

Being in a relationship is like being in A.A. My friends ask me, ‘How’s it going with that girl?’ ‘One day at a time, man.’

He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.