"Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many."

-- Alexander Hamilton

“Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep, for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as the latter.”

Source : Edwin Paxton Hood (1851). “Self-education”, p.65
“If you can do something to get somebody excited - not everybody - but if you can be the best for somebody, then you can win.”
“You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for not.”
“If I am correct, the use of a product based on modelessness and monoty would soon become so habitual as to be nearly addictive, leading to a user population devoted to and loyal to the product.”

Source : Jef Raskin (2000). “The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems”, p.68, Addison-Wesley Professional
“Women themselves condition their daughters to serve the system of male primacy. If a daughter challenges it, the mother will generally defend the system rather than her daughter. These mothers, victims themselves, have unwittingly become wounded wounders. Women need to attack culture's oppression of women, for there truly is a godlike socializing power that induces women to "buy in" or collude, but we also need to confront our own part in accepting male dominance and take responsibility where appropriate.”
“Drastic action can be costly, but it can be less expensive than continuing inaction.”
“I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging”
“Where do people earn the Per Capita Income? More than one poor starving soul would like to know. In our countries, numbers live better than people. How many people prosper in times of prosperity? How many people find their lives developed by development?”

You may also like:

Aaron Burr
Former Vice President of the United States
Andrew Jackson
7th U.S. President
Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father of the United States
George Washington
1st U.S. President
James Madison
4th U.S. President
John Adams
2nd U.S. President
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Composer
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President
Thomas Paine
Author