Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense?

If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms never never never!

Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked for among the cultivators of the land.

Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power.

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.

I would have it inscribed on the curtains of your bed and the walls of your chamber: "If you do not rise early you can make progress in nothing."

Where laws end, tyranny begins.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation.

Failure is inevitable, success is optional.

Ranking Can’t decide who to Love!

I'm a bit of a romantic, to a fault. It's led me to some great things and also some sad things. It's made me a better person, to keep a good spirit about dating.

The harder you try to suppress the truth, the more inevitable it is that it will find a way to come out.

I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones.

Palin is smart, politically skilled, courageous and likable. Her convention and debate performances were impressive.

Equality is not in the natural order of things, and the crusade to make everyone equal in every respect (except before the law) is certain to have disastrous consequences.

Entropy and optimism: the twin forces that make the world go around.

If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.

Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what's going to happen next and you are mostly just making things up as you go along.