The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.

The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.

Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.

Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.

If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.

The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security.

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

If I am indeed my own god, I’d better start praying to myself to get myself out of myself.

Moments – We all are made-up of moments

You enter a book as if you are setting out on a journey and, if it is a good book, you will be a different person when you reach the end.

I love book signings: kids waiting in line for you to scribble on their new books, haha!

I'm not a make-up person, but I love wearable products that are easy to use, with fun packaging

Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock.

I'm right, and everyone else is wrong.

Pity for him who one day looks uponhis inward sphinx and questions it. He is lost.

When I am at my limit and hurting, I focus on the moment.

Americans still believe they are cut out to be successful-in everything: love, love-making, luck, luck-giving, money-making, sense-making, cancer-avoiding, clothes-wearing, car-driving, and so on.