If our Trade be taxed, why not our Lands, or Produce in short, everything we possess? They tax us without having legal representation.

If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.

Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.

The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.

A true patriot would keep the attention of his fellow citizens awake to their grievances, and not allow them to rest till the causes of their just complaints are removed.

Our union is now complete; our constitution composed, established, and approved. You are now the guardians of your own liberties.

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.

A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.

You can’t control other people’s behavior

The pen is truly mightier than the sword. Unless you're holding a pen and the other guy's holding a sword.

Cadets can neither be treated as schoolboys or soldiers.

... forty's nothing, at fifty you're in your prime, sixty's the new forty, and so on.

Thomas felt his spirits lift, but immediately squashed them back down. Getting his hopes up was something he’d sworn never to do again. Not until all this was over.

Being under pressure is great, if it's all in the right place.

Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

I'm on a strict gossip diet. No gossip websites, no gossip magazines. Otherwise, I find it paralyzing to exist.

Back in the '90s, folks were not sure if they could trust the Web, and frankly, a lot of the services back then didn't provide massive value.

Why can't I beat up John Cena?