I am not a Virginian, I am an American.

The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.

This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.

If this be treason, make the most of it!

United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs.

The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!

[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.

It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains.

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

God made me blind and unable to walk. BIG DEAL! He gave me the ability... the musical gifts I have... the great opportunity to meet new people.

If you don't know history, you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree.

None can save us, accept the Saviour.

Believing in or trusting fate is akin to gambling.

His mother stood before him like a monument. He saw her great outline through the blur of his weakness and his passion. She made no movement at all.

Christmas really is about all the cliches: health, happiness and love. A future with my family is the important thing... to stay alive for them.

Life and values do run in cycles.

Mere pleasure is at best but fleeting; happiness is abiding, for in the recollection thereof is renewed.

That’s the thing about life, he knew. There was always a but.

There is nothing like a trail of blood to find your way back home. When you've lost it all, that's when you finally realize that life is beautiful.

A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family.