Governments commit more crimes upon persons and property and contribute more to their insecurity than all [the] criminals put together.

It is dangerous to understand new things too quickly.

It has now become a very common sentiment, that there is some deep and radical wrong somewhere, and that legislators have proved themselves incapable of discovering, or, of remedying it.

Liberty, then, is the SOVEREIGNTY OF THE INDIVIDUAL.

Public influence is the real government of the world.

It has a sound and rational circulating medium, a real and definite representative of wealth.

I decline all noisy, wordy, confused, and personal controversies.

The disconnection of Church and State was a master stroke for freedom and harmony.

You are strong because of what you overcame, brave because of what you defeated, fierce because of what you mastered, and powerful because of what you conquered.

[Nathan] wasn't blindly obsessed with a possession. He wasn't crazy. He was a hero--a father who'd risked his life to rescue his son.

Does poem also walk the valleys seeking tongues from dandelions?

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

Cultivate that kind of knowledge which enables us to discover for ourselves in case of need that which others have to read or be told of.

Someone has to die in order that the rest of should value life more. It's contrast.

I've always been fascinated by maps and cartography. A map tells you where you've been, where you are, and where you're going -- in a sense it's three tenses in one.

Style advice? Always wear clothes... that are... clean, for starters. An added bonus if it is pressed as well. Unless you are wearing clothes that are supposed to look rumpled.

When you have to stop and think about things is when they go wrong.