One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offense to keep arms.

A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must, in practice, be a bad government.

No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.

There never has been a period of history, in which the Common Law did not recognize Christianity as lying at its foundation.

The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic.

It should therefore be difficult in a republic to declare war; but not to make peace.

How easily men satisfy themselves that the Constitution is exactly what they wish it to be

It is important also to consider, that the surest means of avoiding war is to be prepared for it in peace.

Piety, religion, and morality are intimately connected with the well being of that state, and indispensable to the administration of civil justice.

I know I wrote letters to people with no address on this earth, I know that you are dead. But I hear you. I hear all of you. We were here. Our lives matter.

Christ! What are patterns for?

Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problems of wheat.

Ideally, I would love to mix singing and acting, but you can only be a pop star for so many years. I mean, at 30 it's a little bit sad, right?

CEMETERY, n. An isolated suburban spot where mourners match lies, poets write at a target and stone-cutters spell for a wager.

The cemetery is full of people who thought they could change themselves tomorrow.

My shoes were on Oprah but they ran out of time so I wasn't on. I left my shoes in Chicago so they could put them on the show.

We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.

Most of my town hall meetings had always been love fests, and some of my guys used to complain: 'I'd like for somebody to yell at you a bit.

Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.