No character, however upright, is a match for constantly reiterated attacks, however false.

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.

Marriage has made me safer.

Voting really doesn't mean anything. I wish I could say something different, but I think it's kind of a sham.

A divorcee is a women who got married so she didn't have to work, but now works so she doesn't have to get married.

Cultivate the root; the leaves and branches will take care of themselves.

They who depend upon manifest observations will philosophize better than those who persist in opinions repugnant to the senses.

The only time a relationship is good is when you really love them.

Being American is not a matter of birth. We must practice it every day, lest we become something else.

Routine is not a prison, but the way into freedom from time.

So much grief, so much anger. So unlike the usual Adrian.