If it was wise, manly, and patriotic for us to establish a free government, it is equally wise to attend to the necessary means of its preservation.

We must support our rights or lose our character, and with it, perhaps, our liberties.

In a representative republic, the education of our children must be of the utmost importance!

The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.

A free, virtuous, and enlightened people must know full well the great principles and causes upon which their happiness depends.

Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!

The emigrants although of different parties and different religious sects all flew from persecution in pursuit of liberty.

There is a price tag on human liberty. That price is the willingness to assume the responsibilities of being free men. Payment of this price is a personal matter with each of us.

It is better to spread trust all around than to hand out money!

The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals.

The liberty, prosperity, and the happiness of our country will always be the object of my most fervent prayers to the Supreme Author of All Good.

We are wise to be cautious, but I suggest we prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

When we get together to rehearse, we could write music together all day long - GOOD music.

The easiest way to get 15 minutes of fame is to be rude to somebody.

Sometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD's on and hit play and random things come out.

I believe a human being - if he or she wants to remain human, then he or she must do something with what we have seen, endured, witnessed.

You don’t have to beg God; you just have to act upon His Word.

Media, the plural of mediocrity.

I am not a movie star or a football player, I just do my thing.

To tell the truth I never had it so good. But I lacked the strength of character to bear such joy.

The labels can't do anything for a band anymore - they're stuck and they have no money and they're just holding onto contracts that have existed from a time where there were resources.