Does he [the president] possess the power of making war? That power is exclusively vested in Congress. . . . It is the exclusive province of Congress to change a state of peace into a state of war.

When the righteous rule, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.

The bank hath benefit of interest on all moneys which it creates out of nothing.

Since the future's so iffy, I'll turn my attention to the past.

Gravity is matter’s sugar daddy.

I went to a middle-class school, but my background is working class. I got the best of both worlds, I saw both classes, so I have a pretty fair idea of how people live and why they do it.

Modern American war is as easy to script as a B movie.

If you're really mind-full, and if you underline that aspect of fullness, wholeness, or wholeheartedness, it reveals the gift character of everything.

I like to have powerful enemies. Makes me feel important.

Refugees cost us money too when they come to us. If we improve their living conditions in Turkey, we create an incentive for them to stay there and not to place their fates in the hands of smugglers.

There are so many places we have not yet seen. So many people still to meet.

I felt that it's best just to be as transparent as possible.

All I ask is that my final months be happy ones, and that I be permitted a husband who will see to my proper Christian beheading and burial.