[S]ound policy condemns the practice of accumulating debts.

People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.

Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.

When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government.

One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

Nothing that man can present to God by way of sacrifice can ever purchase the blessing of forgiveness.

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is oneself.

My city love me like Mac Dre in the Bay

It would be nice once during my life to go over [to Europe] and study the original paintings of the Masters.

Oil is once again robbing the industry of a return to profitability. Cost reductions and efficiency gains have never been more critical.

I tried to walk with my head high. It was really hard.

You are your child's keeper until she's mature enough to keep herself.

Our words have power. They impact others, but they also impact us.

Leadership isn't what a team says, but what it does.

We thought we were the only thinking beings in the universe, until we met you, but never did we dream that thought could arise from the lonely animals who cannot dream each other's dreams