Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.

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.

The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim their fugitives I have constantly admitted. The legal right of Congress to interfere with their institution in the states, I have constantly denied.

Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.

A lot of the characters I play are very naive, and I don't think I'm like that. And I'm not stupid!

I think especially in her position, a highly successful professional woman, it would be a real exception to have an unwed child.

All my first dates are interrupted by my fame because every picture taken is a fan that you can gain.

My name is E. Howard Hunt. I'm currently retired from more than 22 years in the profession of espionage.

No stories or explanations,' Finnikin had once told him. 'When it comes to women, straight into an apology and you will find the rest of your life bearable.

So, regardless of what they do, we have to play like we’re capable of playing. That’s a greater challenge in itself, but that’s really what we’re after.

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest...and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war

You are invited to the festival of this world and your life is blessed.