Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny.

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.

Live life daringly. In one moment in time, you will be gone.

To alter the universe, alter your thoughts, because the only universe you will ever know is in your mind.

In my work, I explore my own Catholic obsessions.

The earth itself is a great big magnet.

The most important thing for you to do is see that in hoping to be affected by other things as fully as possible, you become more yourself.

Our task is not to bring order out of chaos, but to get work done in the midst of chaos.

There are tons of people Id like to freeze for all of eternity, but we wont go into that!

Most middle-class people I know don't really live like me. Middle-class people worry a lot about money. They worry a lot about job security, and they do a lot of nine-to-five stuff.

The ability to suspend reality and go into a make-believe world can be really, really difficult if there's something really big going on.

They didn't change positions, they just moved the players around.