Government can have no more than two legitimate purposes - the suppression of injustice against individuals within the community, and the common defense against external invasion.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility.

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

The wise man is satisfied with nothing.

The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.

To conceive that compulsion and punishment are the proper means of reformation is the sentiment of a barbarian.

You’re not a bad person, you’re just a little bit different and I’m a sucker for that.

You will find what you are looking for when you realize God has placed those longings in your heart as a divine desire

We should teach people to value more the eternal values.

All sciences originated among the sons of Israel, the reason being the existence of prophecy among them which made their perfection in the sciences amazing.

If we say that no one's out there And we say we're goin' nowhere And we avoid the question Is this all that it means?

The most successful way to play golf is the easiest way.

Your goal should be something that feels really right, not forced. Make sure your goal resonates with what’s true for you.

And I understand that, I testified in closed hearings over eight years because there are intelligence matters, there are sensitive matters that should not be held in a public hearing.

I feel like everything is inspired by something else. There is no 100 percent original thought.

In the military, as in any organization, giving the order might be the easiest part. Execution is the real game.