In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

If you possess the character that you have in your daily lives, nobody can't forcefully change your personality unless you embrace their influence.

It is easy to fall, but hard to rise.

Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. Nescio. des fieri sentio et excrucior.I hate and I love. You may ask, why I do this. I do not know. But I sense that I do and it pains me.

Like many of you, I've always been slightly obsessed with vampires, dating back to the prime-time series 'Dark Shadows, ' which I followed avidly as a kid.

My son is racing his first 24-hour this year with Porsche.

I want to try to make big films that hopefully connect with people.

I'm totally anti-commercialism.

I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.

I'd love to go somewhere warm, somewhere near the beach and somewhere with a cool culture. It could be Hawaii, Cuba, South America - anywhere that has a cool culture and a beautiful climate.

Presidents come and go, and even parties come to and away from power. But the main policy tack does not change.