Self defense is a primary law of nature, which no subsequent law of society can abolish; the immediate gift of the Creator, obliges everyone to resist the first approaches of tyranny.

The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended patriots.

I am exceedingly distressed at the proceedings of the Convention-being ... almost sure, they will ... lay the foundation of a Civil War.

A standing army is like a standing member. It's an excellent assurance of domestic tranquility, but a dangerous temptation to foreign adventure.

No religious doctrine shall be established by law.

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

I am so glad that God miraculously save my life at near-death.

Just a friendly warning: the forces of spiritual darness are nothing to trifle with. Vampires do exist, no matter what the so-called scientific minds might say, and they ARE dangerous!

He pointed the scepter around the library and had an instant input of all of the books that were there into his brain, as if he had read them all at once.

Never, ever forget that you are a servant.

Wars are fought by teenagers, you realize that. They really ought to be fought by the politicians and old people who start these wars.

Particularly fine is the top-heavy comedienne, Loni Anderson, as the receptionist whose movements turn men to stone...she keeps her head while all the men around her are losing theirs.

On January 10, 1963, I was sworn in as a lawyer, so next January 10 I will have practiced law for 40 years, and I've loved every minute of it.

I'm a very conceptual writer.

I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul, I protest against everything that is said, and everything that is done.