Every individual of the community at large has an equal right to the protection of government.

People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.

Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.

When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government.

One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

...sin is separation.

Suffering is also one of the ways of knowing you're alive.

I now believe that fishing is far more important than the fish.

He was standing leaning against the door frame; now he stood up straight. "How should I have kissed you? Is there an other way you like it?

The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and the trees their leaves.

Keep a good heart. That's the most important thing in life. It's not how much money you make or what you can acquire. The art of it is to keep a good heart.

Everyone when they are young knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible.

I always try to make work that activates the viewer to be a co-producer of our shared reality.

When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.

Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.