The error is in the assumption that the General Government is a party to the constitutional compact. The States ... formed the compact, acting as sovereign and independent communities.

There never has yet existed a wealthy and civilized society in which one portion of the community did not, in point of fact, live on the labor of the other.

I never use the word nation in speaking of the United States. I always use the word Union or Confederacy. We are not a nation but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign States.

Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it.

In looking back, I see nothing to regret, and little to correct.

The defence of human liberty against the aggressions of despotic power have been always the most efficient in States where domestic slavery was to prevail.

The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party.

It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

Beware the wrath of a patient adversary.

The will of a majority is the will of a rabble. Progressive democracy is incompatable with liberty.

Smiles are the dance of our soul, with the music of love, to express the beauty of mind, for the happiness of spirit, and for the joy of the world.

With positive attitude and persistent endurance, you can overcome any challenge.

No man can walk so long in the Shadow that he cannot come again to the Light.

Folk is bare bones music.

The public must come to see that chess is a violent sport. Chess is mental torture.

Its better to lose your ego to the One you Love than to lose the One you Love to your Ego

Intelligence we gathered at the time indicated that this was in fact leadership and we struck the leadership.

I try to have a mood or a rhythm for a chapter.

I am not anti-rational, just unrational. You may infer a rational meaning in what I say or do, but it is your doing, not mine.

I would love to find myself in a position where I have to decide, "Gosh, do I want to be on a series?"