The injury which may possibly be done by defeating a few good laws, will be amply compensated by the advantage of preventing a number of bad ones.

People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.

Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.

When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government.

One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

All that remains is to forge the #commitment. Regardless of how right everything feels, words never last.

I think marriage is all about timing.

I still love a lot of the guys who just paint

I never did learn how to live in the moment, but I did learn that moments could be wasted and the world would continue to spin on its axis.

Every time you help someone else, not only are you helping that person, but you are helping every person they touch, AND you are helping yourself - because we are all ONE.

As long as you have war, police, prisons, crime, you are in the early stages of civilization.

To transform breakdowns into breakthroughs is the whole function of a master.

I don't think any of us should forget that the security of America is our highest responsibility.

I love those stretches where I've just been a writer - when I haven't been doing Internet start-ups - where I pretty much eliminate meetings from my life.

In the fields with which we are concerned, knowledge comes only in flashes. The text is the thunder rolling long afterward.