Good conscience is the most valuable asset of all!

The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.

Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.

Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.

If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.

The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security.

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

our country is poor but our hearts are rich

It's taken me a long time to realize that my own life is far more interesting than any part I'll ever play.

I do write about people who are complex and are striving with something and can't quite get past their own stuff, which would be a proxy for myself because that's what the deal is with me.

We celebrate our intelligence, possessions, looks, talent, and achievements. Heaven celebrates how we used all of it.

When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest.

There are no training courses to make people bishops. You have to learn on the job.

As a girl, she was a legal prey, especially if she was dressed in a worn black leather jacket and had pierced eyebrows, tattoos, and zero social status.

It doesn't matter how you begin. Just jump in. Get moving.

When you understand a species' art, you understand that species.

When we can identify a problem and face the problem with confidence and enthusiasm, the solution is on the way.