I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.

I will prepare, and someday my chance will come.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

It is a conviction that war is not an answer to human conflict any more than cannibalism is an answer to human hunger.

The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for those realities.

She sat in the dew-damp grass and ripped up clumps of it, tossing them in the air and feeling vaguely guilty about it. Some gnome ought to pop out of the tree and scold her for torturing the lawn.

I've been in the government bureaucracy, I've practiced law, I've done a lot of different things.

Pagers are my life--I try to get them in to our music as much as possible.

However, I hope I am also judged on my accomplishments as an actor and not just on my pretty face!

She [my wife] has had a Caesarean, so she can't bend over. It's a good excuse [for not changing nappies], I suppose.

I was a repertory actor, which meant that I did a play every week. I was a different character every week; for a year, I was doing 40 or 50 characters.

The place where failure happens is also the place where courage lives.

Usually most characters I play are quite realistic.