Local self-government…is the life-blood of liberty.

The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.

A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.

Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.

In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves.

The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs.

A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to lie fallow for a still longer period.

Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.

A good lawyer is a bad Christian.

To the Calvinists, more than to any other class of men, the political liberties of Holland, England, and America are due.

Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience.

Four men killed that day. The phrase sat up in Willie's head like a rat and made a nest for itself there

It is in deep waters that God teaches us to swim.

Colin reached out and grabbed hold o fine car engine, ripping it. He lifted it above his head. Solomon Cord dropped the wrench and said God it is true.

There are no female geniuses because there are no female Jack-the-Rippers.

Datin'is a lot like fishin'. Sometimes catch and release is the best method.

Accident is as much a part of fiction as anything else, symbolic of the grace that, along with will, conspires to put words on the page.

If you don't have a record deal, you've got to be a record company.

Whether you're with a group of people, whether you're playing music or whether you're by yourself, even if it's written material, you have to be listening.

My school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents studied from. That is absolutely the saddest thing in the world.

We will not allow the past to drag us down and stop us from moving ahead. We understand where we should move.