If the States do not have the right to secede, then they have no rights at all.

But let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then tell me how much of what I earn belongs to you - and why?

Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man.

No matter how worthy the cause, it is robbery, theft, and injustice to confiscate the property of one person and give it to another to whom it does not belong.

If one person has a right to something he did not earn, of necessity it requires that another person not have a right to something that he did earn.

Democracy and liberty are not the same. Democracy is little more than mob rule, while liberty refers to the sovereignty of the individual.

The Founders knew that a democracy would lead to some kind of tyranny. The term democracy appears in none of our Founding documents. Their vision for us was a Republic and limited government.

In a free society, government has the responsibility of protecting us from others, but not from ourselves.

Always be suspicious of those who pretend to know it all, claim their way is the best way and are willing to force their way on the rest of us.

I prefer a thief to a Congressman. A thief will take your money and be on his way, but a Congressman will stand there and bore you with the reasons why he took it.

Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created in the first place.

Every unnecessary law helps fashion the noose we will ultimately be hung by.

Watching him walk off was very nearly as absorbing as observing his approach. He walked as all men ought to walk, with a decided swagger to his shoulders.

Judge me not for who I am but what I do.

Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.

The person doing the learning is the person writing the book as much as the person reading it.

If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.

There were only a few seats left in coach and Bob found himself seated next to a young female fan. 'I can't believe I'm sitting next to Bob Dylan!' she screamed.'Pinch yourself,' said Bob."

The deep root of failure in our lives is to think, 'Oh how useless and powerless I am.' It is essential to think strongly and forcefully, 'I can do it,' without boasting or fretting.

His second cycle of teachings discusses the cosmology of the universes. But in his later years, he wrote the tantric texts.

How can we prevent this telescoping of cultures and styles from ending up in kitsch eclecticism, a cool hellenism excluding all critical judgment?