The first exception [to the First Amendment] will not be the last.

Civil liberties victories never stay won, but must be fought for over and over again.

You will be pleased to know I stand obediently for the national anthem, though of course I would defend your right to remain seated should you so decide.

The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted.

Some of you need a lesson in humility. While your arrogance may give you a sense of power, it may serve you better to put it aside. Those are the times you will be the light of the world.

I have a very busy personality.

My parents enrolled me in a gymnastics class when I was three years old, and I just was drawn to gymnastics. I loved it. It was my playground, and I could run around and be free there.

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

In the beds which the piety of the public has prepared on every side, stricken men await the verdict of fate.

Our mind is like a field, and performing actions is like sowing seeds in that field.

Faith is taking a step in the same direction that the evidence is pointing.

Al Qaeda still remains a threat.

The King is dead, rock is done. You might be through, but I've just begun.

In world history, those who have helped to build the same culture are not necessarily of one race, and those of the same race have not all participated in one culture.