I would rather be a freeman among slaves than a slave among freemen.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

The sight of you is good for sore eyes.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

Being first to ask for help in a friendship takes courage and humility.

My body covered with flames of betrayal and my eyes filled with tears of pain, I do not feel good.

The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation's position in the world.

The bars on our cage are of our own making.

Mama had an appreciation of the language. She taught me a love of words, of how they should be used and how they can fill a creative soul with a passion and lead to a life's work.

I let go of all negativity that rests in my body and mind

God intended motherhood to be a relay race. Each generation would pass the baton on to the next.

Is the world so unbearable? No! What we need is only a little more love for the world.

For me, it's a great opportunity on a public platform to get on your knees and humble myself and thank the Lord for all the blessings he's put in my life.

The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves.