The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men.

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.

Salvation is a gift. Godliness is the pursuit.

A house can have integrity, just like a person.

What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.

Things change for the better when we take responsibility for our own thoughts, decisions and actions.

Great things are done by devotion to one idea.

The utter insanity of living in a place like this doesn't occur to the 9,000,000 people who inhabit New York. Except for visits I think I shall not be here any more as a resident.

Without design, there may be representation, but there can be no art.

Maybe dark matter is denser than we usually assume, kind of like the Milky Way plane.

I do my films the best as I can, period. I always hope that, gradually, my honest work will reach Americans.

I really do love my sister. Especially when she's nice.