My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.

I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.