[I] never understood [what a republican government was and] I believe no other man ever did or ever will.

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.

But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three is a Congress.

The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.

WORTH IT and perfect are different things. No one’s perfect, yet in romance, everyone becomes WORTH IT. And that’s the trick.

Christmas is over and Business is Business.

Jealousy's eyes are green.

Memory marks the horizon of our consciousness, imagination its zenith.

He that drinks his Cyder alone, let him catch his Horse alone.

I've never even done a residency.

What is learned without pleasure is forgotten without remorse.

Abash'd the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is.

I don't think it is pressure but I am aware sometimes, especially on this new album, that people were going to really pay attention.

Our country has plenty of five-cent cigars, but the trouble is they charge fifteen cents for them.