Can it be of less consequence that the meaning of a Constitution should be fixed and known, than a meaning of a law should be so?

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.

He gently kissed that scar and felt something changing inside him - just a flutter of change, there and gone, but leaving its mark.

My friends, it is wise to nourish the soul, otherwise you will breed dragons and devils in your heart.

You can only see your current horizon. Every time you move nearer to your desired destination, new horizons will become clear. New, previously hidden, opportunities will come into view.

Not where he eats, but where he is eaten’?” He laughed again. “Racine has his moments, sure, but you can’t beat Shakespeare for the really grisly stuff.

If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it as best I can. I'm going to give it everything.

My grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in one direction, and I had to go back the other direction for my sanity, and for my ability to be a social human being.

Whoever refuses to obey the general will will be forced to do so by the entire body; this means merely that he will be forced to be free.

What painting is, is exactly what people see.

I've triumphed over addiction.

Nations with too many laws, endless regulations, just cannot grow or generate enough jobs. Wake up.