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

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.

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.

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.

Hell is something you carry with you.

Today is a gift from God - that is why it is called the present.

For some reason I seem to absorb the landscape and cultures where I am planted. A State Divided Symphony was inspired by the 150th anniversary of Missouri's entry into the Civil War.

I know our policies work best to lift young men and women up - regardless of their background - so that they can choose their own path and live lives of dignity, purpose, and meaning.

I caved in to what people wanted me to do. I thought that they weren't going to like me if I didn't.

Nothing is more difficult and nothing requires more character than to find oneself in open opposition to ones time (and those one loves) and to say loudly: No!

Natural fact is, I can't pay my taxes. Make me wanna holler and throw up on my hands.

How does a country deal with the fact that some of its most revered historical figures had certain moral values and political views virtually identical to Nazis?

We fool ourselves into thinking that the spreadsheets that capture our financial projections are something different than what they are.

I won't be able to live without my guitar, my phone or my boots on tour.