Government owes its birth to the necessity of preventing and repressing the injuries which the associated individuals had to fear from one another.

Thought is the first faculty of man; to express it is one of his first desires; to spread it, his dearest privilege.

There is an infinity of political errors which, being once adopted, become principles.

It seemed any young woman at odds with her place in life--be she a genteel lady or a serving girl--might find a happier home within the pages of a book.

Nothing was more nauseating than people who constantly complained about their life, but did nothing about it.

The case for freedom, the case for our constitutional principles the case for our heritage has to be made anew in each generation. The work of freedom is never done.

Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.

What you really remember at the beginning was that you have to throw a budget together. We made some terrible mistakes at the beginning in my own budget that took us at least a year to catch up on.

I have to admit, if Oprah were a man, I would marry her.

In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: 'I am rising to a man's work.'

Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?

I love the theater as much as music, and the whole idea of getting across to an audience and making them laugh, making them cry - just making them feel - is paramount to me.

The coward is an object to be pitied.