The institution of Masonry ought to be abandoned as one capable of much evil, and incapable of producing any good which might not be affected by safe and open means.

Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.

The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their own will, and lives only by their will.

The power to tax is the power to destroy.

It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well

A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law.

A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law.

What are the maxims of Democracy? A strict observance of justice and public faith, and a steady adherence to virtue.

A constitution is framed for ages to come, and is designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it.

An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.

If not us, then who? Who's going to stand when everyone else kneels? Who's going to argue for the law even when there's no justice to be had? Who's going to try even when the trying is too damn hard?

We hunger for quiet times

A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.

The only performance that matters is what Jesus Christ did at the Cross - From the Book: Removing Your Shame Label.

If thee marries for money thee surely will earn it.

Bernie Mac don't sugarcoat.

You don’t have to go looking for pictures. The material is generous. You go out and the pictures are staring at YOU.

Where evil men would seek to perpetuate an unjust status quo, good men must seek to bring into being a real order of justice.

Sir, you must not neglect doing a thing immediately good from fear of remote evil; - from fear of its being abused.

Music is like a drug, but there are no rehabilitation centres.