The definition of the right of suffrage is very justly regarded as a fundamental article of republican government.

The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.

Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.

Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.

If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.

The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security.

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

Our country was not built to support blood dynasties or to elevate the rich and famous to a higher ethical or constitutional plain.

I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge.

Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.

what comes around goes around.

Prayer is the hard-work business of Christianity, and it nets amazing results.

The master said you must write what you see / But what I see does not move me / The master answered Change what you see.

You decide which ones makes more sense, which is more practical and more logical to accept.

Cause hearts are amazing things. They get lots bigger to make room for new people to love alongside the old people you love. -Simi

Dive headfirst into things without being too attached to the results

It's like getting the Williams sisters to play (tennis) against a man, and they're far better athletes than she (Sorenstam) is.