Political freedom cannot exist in any land where religion controls the state, and religious freedom cannot exist in any land where the state controls religion.

There is nothing in the Constitution that authorizes or makes it the official duty of a president to have anything to do with criminal activities.

The President seems to extend executive privilege way out past the atmosphere. What he says is executive privilege is nothing but executive poppycock.

A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people.

Recalling an old magistrate's words to a young attorney, The rain it raineth on the just And also on the unjust fella; But chiefly on the just, because The unjust steals the just's umbrella.

Divine right went out with the American Revolution and doesn't belong to the White House aides. What meat do they eat that makes them grow so great?

I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, nothing.

When religion controls government, political liberty dies; and when government controls religion, religious liberty perishes.

I believe in a wall between church and state so high that no one can climb over it.

A judicial activist is a judge who interprets the Constitution to mean what it would have said if he, instead of the Founding Fathers, had written it.

Humor makes our heavy burdens light and smoothes the rough spots in our pathways.

If there is a god, or hundreds of them, I hope they will forgive me for the harm I may have inflicted on you by telling you exactly what happened.

Knowledge that can make miracles happen needs to be guarded carefully. If it falls into the wrong hands, miracles become disasters in no time.

When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again.

Whuppins were like kid taxes we paid with our behinds.

I got into the whole Ayurvedic thing. It was really cool.

Democracy ... is never won but always to be won.

Stop hating on a n*gga that is a weak emotion, the lady of a n*gga.

I don't feel like promising big things to my fans. I'm not thinking about victory at all. I'll do my best to get on the podium at least, although I must admit I feel fairly pessimistic.

We all remember where we were and we all remember what we were doing. I had a brother in New York, an uncle, lots of friends in New York. It made me angry, it made me sad; what could I do.

I think I always enjoyed the energy of a crowd, of being onstage. It started when I was even younger doing public speaking at school and just kept going from there.