And it proves, in the last place, that liberty can have nothing to fear from the judiciary alone, but would have everything to fear from its union with either of the other departments.

People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.

Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.

When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government.

One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

Life is wasted on the living.

If you start to do things that nobody does, you will get things that nobody gets.

Stars are much further away from where they are now for those who have no dreams and no intentions to reach them!

...Because I have a a serious medical condition. Gabe shook his head ruefully. It's called foot-in-mouth disease.

Grammar is the logic of speech even as logic is the grammar of reason.

My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line.

Champions take responsibility.

Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.

Winning means some kind of approval of the Establishment which means people will more readily accept me, may be less frightened of me and other people who speak out.

If you mix up chirality, a protein's properties change enormously. Life couldn't operate with just random mixtures of stuff.