A solemn and religious regard to spiritual and eternal things is an indispensable element of all true greatness.

There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.

If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest

The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.

Gideon brought into my life. The acceptance and the love. The safety. Gideon had given me my freedom back, a life without terror. Giving him vows in return was too simple a repayment for that.

If I had to, I was going to rip every inch of me open, give him as much blood as he needed to survive.

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.

Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.

Here's the difficulty about suicide: it is an act of ambition that can be committed only when one has passed beyond ambition.

The sun never sets. It is only an appearance due to the observer's limited perspective. And yet, what a sublime illusion it is.

It is safest to grasp the concept of the postmodern as an attempt to think the present historically in an age that has forgotten how to think historically in the first place.

A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the Earth And every man is free.

If you care about your longevity and health, be a socially affiliated baboon who is better than high-ranking ones at walking away from provocations.

I wander forth this chill December dawn: John Frost and all his elves are out, I see, As busy as the elfin world can be, Clothing a world asleep with fleecy lawn.