...Defeat appears to me preferable to total Inaction.

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.

But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three is a Congress.

The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.

Elend: I kind of lost track of time…Breeze: For two hours?Elend: There were books involved.

You don't need magic to be invisible in a town like this. Being poor works just the same.

To make a difference in the world, it only takes one optimistic person, who can gather millions of people to make the change.

Whatever cosmic attraction had drawn [Jess & Addie] to one another in the first place was beginning to fill in with the chinks and mortar of very real, very likeable human traits.

A versifier arranges sounds

Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.

Some pushers are way better than others.

Without peanut butter, I might starve.

Children are the future, because mankind is moving more and more towards infancy.

Water is free of charge. Why then do people drink Evian?