All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

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.

Believing in miraculosity makes it even more available to us.

Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

Fortunately, I had the luck to be able to begin to work and realize my potential in something that I like to do, and in something I had wanted to do, which was acting.

Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.

Every sentence is the result of a long probation.

What someone calls my books is irrelevant to me. I consider them works of art and rules and categories and labels mean nothing.

It turns out I'm absolutely terrible at staying away from you. It's a very serious problem.

I don't write on topics that require a lot of urgency. But in 'Stiff,' I wanted to change people's hearts about organ donation. Whenever I get a chance, I try to talk about that.

I have a holistic need to work and to have huge ties of love in my life. I can't imagine eschewing one for the other.

Riding a bike works your legs but not your brain. Playing chess works your mind but not your body. Climbing brings it all together.