If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man, if he might so speak of continental reputation.

This magistrate is not the king. The people are the king.

Give the vote to the people who have no property, and they will sell them to the rich, who will be able to buy them.

Religion is the only solid Base of morals and that Morals are the only possible Support of free governments.

Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God.

In adopting the republican form of government, I not only took it as a man does his wife, for better, for worse, but, what few men do with their wives, I took it knowing all its bad qualities.

Each state enjoys sovereign power.

The trial of Zenger in 1735 was the germ of American freedom, the morning star of that liberty which subsequently revolutionized America.

They (the French) have taken genius instead of reason for their guide, adopted experiment instead of experience, and wander in the dark because they prefer lightning to light.

Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.

...all I knew were novels. It gave me pause, for a moment, that all my reference points were fiction, that all my narratives were lies.

He was far scarier than any ghost could be. He was real, and he was a monster.

Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.

I got Michael Caine's book, Acting In Film, and I read it on the plane, desperately trying to glean information from him about how to adapt my craft, which was actually very helpful.

The family unit is fundamental not only to society and to the Church, but to our hope for eternal life.

But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.

So we know that it's not enough for us to simply encourage more people to study abroad. We also need to make sure that they can actually afford it.

Evolution is one of the two or three most primally fascinating subjects in all the sciences.

One link in a chain explains the infinite chain.

People think there's a choice between smoking and immortality, but we've all got to die of something.