The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.

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.

You need to own the treasures you find in your soul.

There is no more futile punishment than futile and hopeless labor.

Listen, I have been educated. I have learned about Western Civilization. Do you know What the message of Western Civilization is? I am alone.

sometimes people think they're above the laws the rest of us live by. they're blind to their own imperfections.

The Internet is corporations all the way down.

How you eat is how you live.

I just liked the feeling of being on stage. My parents weren't pushing me, they didn't have to, I was obsessed.

The ironies in the commonplace are my inspiration and delight.

A great body is a gift you give yourself

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