The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for cent

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.

This is generous, for to be close to her pain has always felt like a privilege to me, even though pain could be defined as that which we typically aim to avoid.

Pet me, touch me, love me, that's what I get when I perform. That's when I'm really getting what I want.

Nevertheless, I take all of these slings and arrows gladly for you.

I don't think that anything anyone has to say should ever be censored or unheard

If you can't learn to enjoy your life when you have problems, you may never enjoy it because we'll always have problems.

Japanese is a baby talk - very, very hard to read, very, very, easy to talk. ... A very faint kind of language.

Genius points the way, talent takes it.

The Children's Hospital will be a credible demonstration of the commitment of African leaders to place the rights of children at the forefront. Nothing less would be enough.

I have a fear right now that what I call the advertising-narcissism complex is sucking up way too much top talent.

Comrade life, let us march faster, March faster through what's left of the five-year plan.