The dependence of one people upon another, even for the benefits of legislation, is the deepest source of national weakness.

A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation.

The treason of which I stand convicted loses all its guilt, has been sanctified as a duty, and will be ennobled as a sacrifice.

Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death; but the history of Ireland explains that crime and justifies it.

A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I stood indicted. For this I entertain not the slightest feeling of resentment towards them.

Great interests demand great safeguards.

A National Flag is the most sacred thing a nation can possess

The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate may require the protection of a national army.

We do not read to pass the time, but to inhabit time.

When I went to Chicago, I'll put it like this: I was looking for a dime and I found a quarter.

Nah... I mean, I'm already pregnant, so what other kind of shenanigans could I get into?

Your angels are giving you strength and comfort right now.

I don't think of myself as being funny. But life takes strange turns.

No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.

In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.

You can do what you want. But it's nature to be with your own. I want to be with my own.

I was under contract to Paramount. They wanted to make me into somebody which I was not. So I got so scared and rebelled, so they threw me out of the studio.

Under the international agreements, the Russian peacekeepers are committed to protect the population of South Ossetia.