When one man says, “No, I won’t,” Rome begins to fear.

Now the truth of the matter is that there are a lot of things people don't understand. Take the Einstein theory. Take taxes. Take love. Do you understand them? Neither do I. But they exist. They happen.

Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for.

The blacklist was a time of evil...no one on either side who survived it came through untouched by evil...[Looking] back on this time...it will do no good to search for villains or heroes or saints or devils because there were none; there were only victims.

The only interesting thing that can happen in a Swiss bedroom is suffocation by feather mattress.

You show me a politician with his heels ten feet in the air, and by Judas priest, Ill show you an honest politician.

Goodbye, my love, my life. Goodbye, goodbye.