A certain degree of preparation for war . . . affords also the best security for the continuance of peace.

The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.

Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.

Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.

If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.

The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security.

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

Your spirit is strong enough to survive any situation.

I lost a child, " she said, meeting Lusa's eyes directly. "I thought I wouldn't live through it. But you do. You learn to love the place somebody leaves behind for you.

A man who has built a world empire with only ideas and with love, not with swords and with archers, is the greatest amongst all the men!

Love sometimes makes people ruthless in a way that not even hatred can.

What's the first thing I do when I wake up in the morning? Wish I hadn't.

The most important opinion you'll ever have is the one you hold of yourself.

My mother had always told her kids: if you're about to do something, and you want to know if it's a bad idea, imagine seeing it printed in the paper for all the world to see.

Change is the norm; unless an organization sees that its task is to lead change, that organization will not survive.

Only our deep moral values and our strong social institutions can hold back that jungle and restrain the darker impulses of human nature.

The quality of our lives depends on the quality of our minds.