[The] prevailing reason at this time is, that the Act of Parliament is against the Magna Charta, and the natural rights of Englishmen, and therefore, according to Lord Coke, null and void.

You must not deprive the colonies of their right to make laws for themselves. Parliament should only make laws necessary for the empire as a whole.

It cannot be good to tax the Americans... You will lose more than you gain.

Good God! I'm out of tobacco.

SHOCK ABSORBERSVeterans scream in their dreams, reliving nightmares so that we can sleep peacefully

For so many centuries, the exchange of gifts has held us together. It has made it possible to bridge the abyss where language struggles.

If I have to build a big company by mistreating other people then the Bible says WOE to me. I don't know what that is, but I don't want any of it.

I don't expect the press to say thank you for the efforts that I make.

The people's safety is the law of God.

Mathematics is the only true metaphysics.

I am going to sit there and watch Michael Phelps break my record anonymously? That's almost demeaning to me. It is not almost - it is.

I start where the last man left off.

Do not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once.