In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by Power. In America ... charters of power [are] granted by liberty.

The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.

Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.

Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.

If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.

The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security.

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

The future starts within a second from now.The past was, within a second ago.

We're coming down to an extremely unethical society. Very few colleges offer courses in ethics, and very few companies have a code of conduct or code of ethics.

The idea that a child doesn't have the opportunity to be a child is devastating.

To be respected as an actor it doesn't help to be seen out in the clubs.

The sea hath its pearls The heaven hath its stars But my heart, my heart Has its love.

Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.

No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

Death was too definite an object to be wished for or avoided.

The hungry nations of the world cry out to the peoples blessed with abundance. And the Church, cut to the quick by this cry, asks each and every man to hear his brother's plea and answer it lovingly.

I go through ups and downs just like everyone does.