The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

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.

Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.

When People magazine called me, I did the job on Ansel. I'm older than Ansel and he has to mind me.

Designers have always shown outlandish and exuberant clothes, but that hasnt always translated to the streets.

Seeing someone happy on set is just a very small slice of the reality of an actor's life.

Acting found me. I thought maybe I should try to find it again. We'll see.

I was kind of embarrassed by some of the films I had done. I was like, "Oh, they're going to think I don't have street cred."

What you have to be, you have to live whatever you do all day long. I always told the artists, every time you're on stage, it's nothing but a dress rehearsal.

The French selectors never do anything by halves; for the first international of the season against Ireland they dropped half the three-quarter line.

Even the wicked get worse than they deserve.

Vanity does not refer to the opinion a man entertains of himself, but to that which he wishes others to entertain of him.