The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - the principle of civilian ascendency over the military.

Freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society -- once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer.

Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.

We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government.

To be whole and harmonious, man must also know the music of the beaches and the woods. He must find the thing of which he is only an infinitesimal part and nurture it and love it, if he is to live.

The Fifth Amendment is an old friend and a good friend, one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized.

The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected.

Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?

As night-fall does not come at once, neither does oppression...It is in such twilight that we all must be aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become victims of the darkness.

Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation.

The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth.

Every spell is a journey.

Do not allow your daughters to be taught letters by a man, though he be a St. Paul or St. Francis of Assissium. The saints are in Heaven.

You know, just because you're a blonde type doesn't mean you can't suddenly do serious parts.

Oh build your ship of death. Oh build it! For you will need it. For the voyage of oblivion awaits you.

I'm pretty sure no one's reading action scripts saying, 'This has got to be Ed Helms.'

Kiss me now, love me now.

A single line in the Bible has consoled me more than all the books I ever read besides.

Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From the dance emerges the entity Gaia.

This is the saddest, most depressing music I've ever heard. It makes me so happy.

Live in a constant state of expectancy, and leave room for God to come in as He decides.