“I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.”
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“I don't believe the majority always knows what's best for everyone.”
2010s, I don't know, so I'm an atheist libertarian (2011)
Context: Government is force — literally, not figuratively.
I don't believe the majority always knows what's best for everyone. The fact that the majority thinks they have a way to get something good does not give them the right to use force on the minority that don't want to pay for it. If you have to use a gun, I don't believe you really know jack. Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It's just ganging up against the weird kid, and I'm always the weird kid.

“Lea Michele: From Gleek to Do-Gooder,” interview with Shape (July 2012) http://www.shape.com/celebrities/interviews/lea-michele-gleek-do-gooder.

The Best Things in Life Are Free
Song lyrics, Sam Cooke at the Copa (1964)

“My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.”
Variant: I am easily satisfied with the very best.
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Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life In Autism (2001)
"V. S. Pritchett: Midnight Oil," p. 227
The Good Word & Other Words (1978)