A taste for literature and a turn for business, united in the same person, never fails to make a great man.

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.

But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three is a Congress.

The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.

A liar lies to others. A fool lies to herself.

Evaluate every act by whether it brings you greater life, or deadens you.

The main objection to killing people as a punishment...is that killing people is wrong

A first principle not formally recognized by scientific methodologists: when you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.

Tailoring your clothes makes all the difference.

The world is a play that would not be worth seeing if we knew the plot.

Strange people like chefs, musicians, and politicians affect me.

There are always people doing things wrong who need to be taught, for their own good. That's doable.

The Devil...clutched hold of the miserable young man...and flew off with him through the ceiling, since which time nothing has been heard of him.

I think everyone should have a personal mission to leave the Earth a better place for them having lived in it and let Earth then take it from there.