The more acquisitions the government makes abroad, the more taxes the people have to pay at home.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

I felt the same way the world felt about Kurtis

I didn't want to go to hell, but even the idea of reclaining my halo scared me because it would mean leaving Aly.

Today I found an old friend. –Ed Burns via Purple Violets

The failure-dichotomy principle: failure is good. Failure is not an option. Balance those in your brain.

Well, I'm half Italian, so last year on Warped Tour I got this really good tan and I was like, bummer.

To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions.

I pray to the architect that designed me. I'm grateful.

Polytechnique is a school whose multi disciplinary, very high scientific level curriculum is invaluable.

Relativity is inherently convergent, though convergent toward a plurality of centers of abstract truths.

Some of you young men think that war is all glamour and glory, but let me tell you, boys, it is all hell!