If you would not have affliction visit you twice listen at once to what it teaches.

If you would not have affliction visit you twice, listen at once to what it teaches.

No Kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave.

In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one.

All lawful authority, legislative, and executive, originates from the people.

....there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people.

In disputes upon moral or scientific points, ever let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent. So you never shall be at a loss in losing the argument, and gaining a new discovery.

If a favour is asked of you, grant it if you can. If not, refuse it in such a manner as that one denial may be sufficient.

If you have a friend that will reprove your faults and foibles, consider you enjoy a blessing which the king upon the throne cannot have.

Yesterday for contemplation, today for action.

The only way to rise above is to rise above. The only way to respond to wrong is with right. The only way to deal with injustice is to be just.

I just feel that the only power I have is setting a good example.

Communities and neighborhoods are affected. Idling trains, traffic backups, grade crossing accidents and other safety issues all affect the quality of life in our neighborhoods.

Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our own era; but, on the other hand, these works have lives of their own, and they're still alive today.

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.

A four-hundred-dollar suit on him would look like socks on a rooster.

Being an actor is easy, just picture someone in a room and you outside waiting for your cue to go in. Elliot Gould's been trying that for forty years.

the Lord gives good many things twice over; but he don't give ye a mother but once.

I am not an educated man. I never had an opportunity to learn anything except how to fight.

I may not be the bestest pitcher in the world, but I sure out-cutes 'em.