If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur or glory, but from conviction of national innocence, information and benevolence.

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.

I've always been a family man and count myself as one of those who are lucky to have the comfort of a family.

You never suffer from a money problem, you always suffer from an idea problem.

I've actually stopped tinting my windows because the paparazzi look for trucks and cars with supertinted windows.

Theatre is about people, not buildings. Incalculable damage has been done to the expert talent a company needs - from wardrobe to lighting technicians.

There's always a chance. Somebody has got to want me, and if they don't want me, then what? I want to play. I want to do what I want to do.

With my background, I came out of the theater.

Man's free agency is not of the mind, for that is bound. There is no freedom there.

We're a very religious country; the government's secular.

Good is not good when better is expected.

The meaning of the Street in all ways and at all times is the need for sharing life with others and the search for community.