Philosophy is common sense with big words.

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.

This isn't about keeping mountains looking pretty. Ending mountaintop removal is about keeping humanity alive.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

Paul Ryan looks like the car rental salesman who bullies you into getting full coverage.

You meet people, you part ways, sometimes you cross paths again. Mostly, you don't.

Merit and knowledge will not gain hearts, though they will secure them when gained.

I think that what people abroad want from French film, inside French film becomes our worst fear, "Oh, another film about love!"

If she were a writer she would collect her pencils and notebooks and favourite cat and write in bed. Strangers and lovers would never get past the locked door.

I like people who possess either deep mastery or deep empathy, but not as much as I like those who possess both.

Since love for our Creator cannot be sustained unless we love others for God's sake.

Law cannot stand aside from the social changes around it.