A true patriot would keep the attention of his fellow citizens awake to their grievances, and not allow them to rest till the causes of their just complaints are removed.

If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.

Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.

The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.

Our union is now complete; our constitution composed, established, and approved. You are now the guardians of your own liberties.

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.

A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.

Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals.

A philosopher is a sort of intellectual yokel who gawks at things that sensible people take for granted.

I think the preseason helps a lot, just to feel a little bit about the speed of the game.

You have me like a drawing, erased, coloured in, untitled, signed by your tongue.

There's no greater sign of being a poor philosopher and wise man than wanting all of life to be wise and philosophical.

Friendship by its very nature consists in loving, rather than in being loved.

I wanted all my solos to be something you could sing along with

Silence isn't golden, it's deadly. It's a vacuum that fills up with ghosts.

If you get to be a really big headliner, you have to be prepared for people throwing bottles at you in the night.

The simpler songs are just done when the lyric has been stated; the more complex or band-oriented stuff can go in a million directions.

A lot of women use pregnancy as an excuse to let their bodies go, and that's the worst thing.