"Between friends there is no need for..." - Quote by Aristotle

“The worst thing about slavery is that the slaves eventually get to like it.”

“There are, then, three states of mind ... two vices--that of excess, and that of defect; and one virtue--the mean; and all these are in a certain sense opposed to one another; for the extremes are not only opposed to the mean, but also to one another; and the mean is opposed to the extremes.”

“Most men appear to think that the art of despotic government is statesmanship, and what men affirm to be unjust and inexpedient in their own case they are not ashamed of practicing towards others; they demand just rule for themselves, but where other men are concerned they care nothing about it. Such behavior is irrational; unless the one party is, and the other is not, born to serve, in which case men have a right to command, not indeed all their fellows, but only those who are intended to be subjects; just as we ought not to hunt mankind, whether for food or sacrifice . .”

“"I take my leave of you, Mr. Creakle, and all of you," said Mr. Mell, glancing round the room, and again patting me gently on the shoulders. "James Steerforth, the best wish I can leave you is that you may come to be ashamed of what you have done today. At present I would prefer to see you anything rather than a friend, to me, or to anyone in whom I feel an interest."”

“Friendship is born at that moment when one man says to another: "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . ."”

“A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.”

“The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.”

“Until you're grown-up they send you to reform school. After you're grown-up they send you to the penitentiary.”

“I was called a terrorist yesterday... Today I am admired by the very people who said I was one.”