A just security to property is not afforded by that government, under which unequal taxes oppress one species of property and reward another species.

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.

Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square.

The white saucer like some full moon descends / At last from the clouds of the table above.

When you're an actor, actually, you shouldn't come up with too many ideas.

Treat other people the way you want to be treated. Most people won't do that because it makes them vulnerable.

We lack faith in *what* exists within us because we lack faith in *Who* exists within us.

Treason to whiteness is loyalty to humanity.

It really is considered one of the blessings of previous mates which you could manage being silly with them.

Love not pleasure; love God. This is the Everlasting Yea, wherein all contradiction is solved.

You just write and you don't try to make sense of it. You just put it down the way you got it.

Wearing a hat confers undeniable authority over those without one.