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 with blood for centuries.

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.

(T)he increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.

Let temporal things be in the use, eternal things in the desire.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Business is a primary arrangement on God's part for people to love one another and serve one another.

Nothing is sacred. And, more importantly...the 'nothing' you end up with is truly sacred.

Following your heart also means eliminating the things that no longer evolve you.

Using clichés is a substitute for thinking

I think any time you've got a story based on a true story, no matter how accurate it is, obviously it's still fictitious.

People write to me and say, 'I'm giving up, you're not talking to me.' I just write them a simple message like, 'Never give up,' you know? And it changes their life.

The sweetness of life lies in dispensing with formalities.