Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge.

The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.

It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.

Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

Socialism means slavery.

There is no evidence to support the belief that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ever questioned Americas power. He questioned only the President's John F. Kennedys readiness to use it. Elie Abel, The Missile Crisis (1966) Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.