No power over the freedom of religion [is] delegated to the United States by the Constitution.

The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.

Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.

Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.

If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.

The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security.

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

Money is a necessity, but not the determinant of a successful life. It is there to secure you, but not to save you! It is there to support you, but not to sanctify you!

A world between my fingers.

The moment I first heard love I gave up my soul, my heart, and my eyes.

I should have told her at the time. I could have taken a deep breath, looked away, and forced myself to say it.

Taking a biopsy often aggravates and stimulates growth - and does not indicate how many secondary tumors have developed.

Does such a thing as "the fatal flaw," that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature?

Youth culture adopts Armani and adapts it in its own way, as befits youthful enthusiasm.

From our perspective now, there is a not a huge understanding about the totalitarian Communism that Soviet Russia practiced during the 1950s - it was an atrocious system.

There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them.

The price you pay for being powerful and being rich is to be hated.