Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other.

May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not.

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.

The law is the only sure protection of the weak, and the only efficient restraint upon the strong.

Church and state should be separate, not only in form, but fact - religion and politics should not be mingled.

Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom.

The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust.

The nourishment from barbecue is palatable.

It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.

Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom. Our own free institutions were not the offspring of our revolution. They existed before.

God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil ... and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution.

We are given to the great, for great purpose, to great ends. We are given to the grave, for grave purposes, to grave ends.

You say: I am not free. But I have raised and lowered my arm. Everyone understands that this illogical answer is an irrefutable proof of freedom.

Overcoming negative experiences defines character and increases wisdom.

To the turtle, the concept of "loneliness" is incomprehensible. She always has been alone, and any other social state is unthinkable.

The most visceral science fiction always takes place in the past and focuses on the humdrum

Sometimes life gives you a little punch in the stomach... You just gotta catch your breath and keep going.

I thought you were more like GI Joe, but now that I know about the cape, you sound more like Superman." Mia Kensington to Colby Winters

Translating is a respectable, valuable, creative and worthwhile use of a human brain.

Walk lightly through life.

To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity.