The natural effect of low interest is to increase trade and industry; because undertakings of every kind can be prosecuted with greater advantage.

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.

Life is only a fast lane if you get into a lane and drive fast.

If you want to get rich on the outside, then become rich on the inside first. You will reap on the outside what you sow on the inside.

Your success and happiness lie in you. Resolve to keep happy and your joy and you shall form an invisible host against difficulties.

I don't have a girlfriend. But I do know a woman who'd be mad at me for saying that.

I didn't just write about boys and relationships like usual. I wrote about other things: rock 'n' roll, nostalgia, Hello Kitty.

I have been writing about Hillary Clinton, I just actually looked this up, since 1998 when she was busy standing by when Suha Arafat was launching anti-Semitic tirades against Israel and the Jews.

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

Besides Bob Satterfield, the only ones who ever hurt me were my ex-wives.

Contrary to the outstanding work of art, outstanding theory is susceptible to improvements.

There's always going to be merchants who need to get their message out, but things have gone way too far.