The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.

If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.

Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.

A true patriot would keep the attention of his fellow citizens awake to their grievances, and not allow them to rest till the causes of their just complaints are removed.

Our union is now complete; our constitution composed, established, and approved. You are now the guardians of your own liberties.

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.

A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.

Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals.

Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control.

That's the thing about the writer's life is that you have to have self-discipline. Otherwise you'll never get paid.

Backstage at the Victoria's Secret show is pure madness. Big personalities, big hair, and tons of press.

You can become all God created you to be even if you've had difficulties, even if you weren't born into a good, loving family, God still has a plan for your life.

I think all good actors are personalities. If they're not, they're not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower.

Sexism and racism and homophobia and classism are so naturalized. All these stereotypes make people think it's just normal that straight white men are getting all the breaks.

You can say a lot in a little time, if you stick to words of one syllable.

Let your heart be the anchor and the beat of your song.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

I'm not a T.G.I.F. guy. I get off a plane at 2 o'clock in the morning and I'm looking for my secretary because I want to know what's going on.