Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known and less fixed?

People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.

Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.

When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government.

One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

It is not the fame, not the flesh, not the money. We want something else, something pretty.

If your prayers remain unanswered, start fasting

You weresunrise to merise and warm and streaming.' - Praise Song For My Mother by Charlotte Mew

Everybody's doing it. When I'm performing and I do the Dougie, the fans lose their minds.

It's a big universe. To stay in one tiny place is doing a disservice to yourself.

Man must strive, and striving he must err.

Coming together is a beginning, and staying together is progress, but only when teams sweat together do they find success.

The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so.

When the Spirit is absent, our excuses always seem right, but in the presence of the Spirit our excuses fade away.