"Liberty is the prevention of control by others."

"The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities."

"Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country."

"If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation."

"The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden."

"You aren't learning anything when you're talking."

"Not everyone can be an orphan."

"I wanted to ask questions about human violence and the possibility of human innocence."