It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.

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.

My kids love anime, but I don't show them the really graphic stuff

I nationalize strategic companies and get criticized, but when Bush does it, it's OK. ... Bush is turning socialist. How are you, comrade Bush?

I know what I wish Ralph Nader would investigate next. Marriage. It's not safe, it's not safe at all.

You hear people say: "One day, when I'm in a good position I can make my passion project." I've seen a lot of people get into that position and not make it.

I'll always be grateful to rent collecting. I've put many of the tenants in my pictures.

A new model is starting to take root and grow, one in which consumers have more choices, more tools, more information, and more power to guide these choices. I call this emerging model The Mesh.

...life without coffee is not really life.

My hours are peaceful centuries.

The irregular and intimate quality of things made entirely by the human hand.

I want to be fulfilled in myself, rather than try to follow exactly in my father's footsteps.