A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.

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.

Especially as I was an old friend, or at least I was a person she had known for a long time, which after a certain point is almost the same thing...

Limiting beliefs are a virus of the mind. They decline your success and happiness.

You are never old enough to lose your mother.

Golly,' said Edmund under his breath, 'He's a retired star.

I am outraged that the Gorillaz have infringed the copyright of my song 'Time Warp,' claiming their song 'Stylo' to be an original composition.

Creativity is the marriage humanity makes with eternity.

Alas! in nature, as in art, we gain only according to our capacity. You cannot put an ocean in a pint pot.

Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.

Office hours are from 12 to 1 with an hour off for lunch.

The test of the moral quality of a civilization is its treatment of the weak and powerless.