Herbert Spencer

What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.

Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious.

Acting is the most personal of our crafts. The make-up of a human being - his physical, mental and emotional habits - influence his acting to a much greater extent than commonly recognized.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.