Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.

There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.

The liberties of a people depend on their own constant attention to its preservation.

I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

Times change, and we change with them.

Sound morals, religious liberty, and a just sense of religious responsibility are essentially connected with all true and lasting happiness.

The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . . if there exists a state of uncertainty as to whether the Government will repeal tomorrow what it has enacted today.

The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.

A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged.

All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess.

Conscience, that vicegerent of God in the human heart, whose "still small voice" the loudest revelry cannot drown.

Create your own heaven on earth by utilising the power of your heart to bring your true desire into your reality.

We have but one permanent home: heaven - that's still the old truth that we always have to re-learn - and it's only through the impact of sad experiences that we assimilate it.

Movies are not the book. Movies are not even the screenplay. They are the movie.

There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power.

There's so much knowledge to be had that specialists cling to their specialties as a shield against having to know anything about anything else. They avoid being drowned.

I never really marketed myself, so each job I was given was a new marketing tool, and that would be the way I marketed myself.

Every woman is like a time-zone. She is a nocturnal fragment of your journey. She brings you unflaggingly closer to the next night.

We did a few things worth remembering, and I wish for someone to remember them.

The purpose of painting is to decorate the walls. Therefore it has to be as rich as possible

My songs are like kids. I love them all. I encourage them to grow, to reach their full potential, and then send them out into the world.