It is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other.

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.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

Art is not about achievement, but rather a new perspective to look from.

Now I think poetry will save nothing from oblivion, but I keep writing about the ordinary because for me it's the home of the extraordinary, the only home.

Look outside the window. Do you see the fence outside the palace? Do you see any guards? This is a country where everyone is safe.

I'm romantically inclined. No human being on Earth is not attracted to other people. There is no fairy tale that they only have eyes for you. You just choose to act on it or not.

Neither awake nor in a dark dream are perilous blades just as they seem.

Wolves are not our brothers; they are not our subordinates, either. They are another nation, caught up just like us in the complex web of time and life.

I miss the Swedish women on the first day of spring cause they all just blossom in the most incredible way.

Leave a space and something will fill it.

The world is out there, but descriptions of the world are not.