Religious liberty is about freedom of action in matters of religion generally, and the scope of that liberty is directly correlated to the civil restraints placed upon religious practice.

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights.

The only people who have quick answers don't have the responsibility of making the decisions.

A judge should be evaluated by whether he faithfully upholds his oath to God, not to the people, to the state or to the Constitution.

Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law.

People get bent out of shape about the fact that when I was a kid, you could not drink out of certain water fountains. Well, the water was the same.

It takes a person with a mission to succeed.

It really bugs me that someone will tell me, after I spent 20 years being educated, how I'm supposed to think.

I love being around people who work with their hands, who do the hard things to keep our country going. They're just my kind of people.

And I thank God I believe in God, or I would probably be enormously angry right now.

Do not be afraid of living without family- be afraid of living an empty and meaningless life

Authority forgets a dying king

Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.

The more difficult a problem becomes, the more interesting it is.

Passion can’t sustain itself forever.

I am convinced, the longer I live, that life & its blessings are not so entirely unjustly distributed, are [as] when we are suffering greatly, we are inclined to suppose.

There is a reason we used to build Cathedrals that drew the eye upwards.

Grow internally first. Strengthen your bottom line first before considering external growth.

Dancing is not one of my talents. But when you've had a few drinks anyone is a good dancer, right?

A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is not to solve any more problems.