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The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.

I've always enjoyed traveling and having experience with different cultures and different people. But it's also a wonderful thing to be able to benefit and enable research, not only in our country but around the world.

The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

I am doing things that are true to me. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.

In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Mistakes are the only universal form of originality.

The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we'd have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense.

The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept.

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference.

The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt.

The word "Christianity" is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.

The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.