Every power vested in a government is in its nature sovereign, and includes by force of the term a right to employ all the means requisite . . . to the attainment of the ends of such power.

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.

Without story books is like a person with no soul.

Go look in the mirror and have a talk with your real boss

Moshe was an Israeli with an ear-slitting laugh. He used it in the same way as a madman uses a gun, spraying it around with bewildering randomness.

All recurring joy is pain refined.

I went to Louisiana Tech, which is just down the road from where we lived. It was an easy college to get into.

I believe in things I can count on, like beer and ESPN and my grandmother's pecan pie.

The first thing I look for in a woman is warmth-femininity. It's got nothing to do with a pretty face.

Introverts process information internally, and we don't like to express our thoughts until they are fully formed.

Inside was the second LP album of a comedian's performance before an audience.

What it missing, I think, is this notion of the common good.