At no period of our political existence had we so much cause to felicitate ourselves at the prosperous and happy condition of our country.

We must support our rights or lose our character, and with it, perhaps, our liberties.

In a representative republic, the education of our children must be of the utmost importance!

The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.

A free, virtuous, and enlightened people must know full well the great principles and causes upon which their happiness depends.

Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!

The emigrants although of different parties and different religious sects all flew from persecution in pursuit of liberty.

There is a price tag on human liberty. That price is the willingness to assume the responsibilities of being free men. Payment of this price is a personal matter with each of us.

It is better to spread trust all around than to hand out money!

The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals.

The liberty, prosperity, and the happiness of our country will always be the object of my most fervent prayers to the Supreme Author of All Good.

In the midst of a world of light and love, of song and feast and dance, [Lucifer] could find nothing to think of more interesting than his own prestige.

If you want things to be right, you have to do them yourself

We are very definitely in a new phase in the global terrorist threat where the so-called lone wolf could strike at any moment.

The future is not as loud as war, but it is relentless. It has a terrible fury all its own.

Millions of American families affected by debilitating diseases have new hope today after the U.S. House passed legislation to support potentially life-saving stem cell research.

A competitive athlete is painful to look at; trying hard to become an animal rather than a man, he will never be as fast as a cheetah or as strong as an ox.

[Indira Gandhi] answered cautiously at first. Then she opened up like a flower and the conversation flowed along without obstacles, in mutual sympathy.

My children give me a great sense of wonder. Just to see them develop into these extraordinary human beings.

When I start writing novels, I go into them with a spirit of inquiry, rather than to substantiate prejudices I had in the beginning. If you don't do that, you can't write good characters.

Encourage reflective backtalk: Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.