The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty.

A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.

Liberty is not to be enjoyed, indeed it cannot exist, without the habits of just subordination; it consists, not so much in removing all restraint from the orderly, as in imposing it on the violent.

The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality.

A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water.

[the framers of the Constitution] intended our government should be a republic, which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from a despotism.

No man can be a sound lawyer in this land who is not well read in the ethics of Moses and the virtues of Jesus.

The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people.

I have heard it remarked that men are not to be reasoned out of an opinion they have not reasoned themselves into.

We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press...It is a precious pest, and a necessary mischief, and there would be no liberty without it.

All such men are, or ought to be, agreed, that simple governments are despotisms; and of all despotisms, a democracy, though the least durable, is the most violent.

There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.

Peace be upon you, for you have persevered! How excellent, then, this fulfilment in the hereafter!

How can people trust social media over newspapers today?

I'm a vegetarian, I'm not strict. I eat fish. And duck, but they're nearly fish aren't they.

If anyone will listen I will continue to sing.

I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown?

In reality, everyone is good in bed. Close eyes. Shutdown brain. Pause as necessary. Restart brain. Open eyes. What's there to not be good at? Bed is the one place where laziness is rewarded.

The husband provides direction; the wife, maintenance.

I focus on my work. If I let myself get distracted by the insults and slanders I wouldn't get anything substantive done.

Books are the best type of the influence of the past.