Many men can no more be kept straight by spiritual motives than we can live without policemen.

The form of government and the condition of society must always correspond. Social equality is therefore a postulate of pure democracy.

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

Every class is unfit to govern.

Remember that one touch of ill-nature makes the whole world kin.

The true natural check on absolute democracy is the federal system, which limits the central government by the powers reserved, and the state governments by the powers they have ceded.

Great men are almost always bad men.