Besides a happy policy as to civil government, it is necessary to institute a system of law and jurisprudence founded in justice, equity, and public right.

The constitutions of Maryland and New York are founded in higher wisdom.

Our trade opens to all the world.

Indians are numerous in the tropical regions; not so elsewhere.

A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments.

Let the grand errand into America never be forgotten.

The United States are under peculiar obligations to become a holy people unto the Lord our God.

But Connecticut and Rhode Island have originally realized the most perfect polity as to a legislature.

The greater part of the governments on earth may be termed monarchical aristocracies, or hereditary dominions independent of the people.

We stand a better chance with aristocracy, whether hereditary or elective, than with monarchy.

The Lord shall have made his American Israel high above all nations which he hath made.

You choose who gets your attention, and you don’t have to give it to anyone who makes you feel like crap. Period.

The percentage of people qualifying for federal disability benefits because they are unable to work rose from 0.7 percent of the size of the labor force in 1960 to 5.3% in 2010.

Perception is the lens through which we interpret experiences, and when we change the lens we change how we experience.

I have a friendship with Hezbollah, and I also have contacts outside of Lebanon, but it doesn't mean I follow anyone's agenda.

Language shapes consciousness and from consciousness, our world is shaped.

The dream, alone, is of interest. What is life without a dream?

One of my degrees was a science degree in biology.

A book's flaws make it less predictable.

I've been writing about Vermont independence for nearly ten years... and, more often than not, it was for an audience of one.

Such men as he be never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves, And therefore are they very dangerous.