All such men are, or ought to be, agreed, that simple governments are despotisms; and of all despotisms, a democracy, though the least durable, is the most violent.

A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty.

Liberty is not to be enjoyed, indeed it cannot exist, without the habits of just subordination; it consists, not so much in removing all restraint from the orderly, as in imposing it on the violent.

The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality.

A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water.

[the framers of the Constitution] intended our government should be a republic, which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from a despotism.

No man can be a sound lawyer in this land who is not well read in the ethics of Moses and the virtues of Jesus.

The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people.

I have heard it remarked that men are not to be reasoned out of an opinion they have not reasoned themselves into.

We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press...It is a precious pest, and a necessary mischief, and there would be no liberty without it.

There are two kinds of truth

The price of greatness is exorbitant

But I think it is a serious issue to wonder about the other platonic absolutes of say beauty and morality.

The harder you look, the harder you look.

It is a necessary precondition for the success of a referendum that there should be broad community consensus and bipartisan support for it.

The different part of writing and singing worship lies in the identity and truth of God's Word and true intention for us as His followers on this Earth.

Advertising is the life blood of the digital economy.

I was shooting at myself - I was shooting my own violence and the violence of the times

Life is happiness and unhappiness. Life is day and night, life is life and death. You have to be aware of both.

An act of thinking without restriction- without boundaries or rules can lead to the point of no return.