Justice is the great interest of man on earth.

There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.

If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest

The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.

I understand the gist of your speculation, ' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory.

North and South has both met and made kind o' friends in this big smoky place.

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

Of course slavery and the Muslims were deeply implicated in the slave trade, Islam was an Imperialist religion which destroyed Christianity in the Near East, yet nobody mentions those facts.

When you do something that you know is authentic - embrace it, run with it, and trust yourself before the critics.

I'm not usually an eavesdropper,but i dare you to try not listening if you hear your best friend talking about you to an adult.

Secrecy is as indispensable to human beings as fire, and as greatly feared.

What's very important from my point of view is that there is one web … Anyone that tries to chop it into two will find that their piece looks very boring.

I do feel ashamed of having participated to the slightest even as a tool in those dark days. But I was obliged to serve the state to which I had taken an oath. It was a tragic fate.