The right to freedom being the gift of God, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave.

If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.

Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.

The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.

A true patriot would keep the attention of his fellow citizens awake to their grievances, and not allow them to rest till the causes of their just complaints are removed.

Our union is now complete; our constitution composed, established, and approved. You are now the guardians of your own liberties.

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.

A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.

You must wakeup in the morning thinking of things you could change in and about your life on a daily basis.

A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

I am not systematic at all when it comes to religion. I just love life. And I'm not judgmental. And I'm a vegetarian.

'Do you think that we shall ever be admitted as a State into the Union without denying the principle of polygamy?' If we are not admitted until then, we shall never be admitted.

My lowest days as a Christian have been more fulfilling and rewarding than all the days of glory in the White House.

Beauty is not just physical. It's about what you stand for, how you live your life.

Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness.

If you haven't admired anybody in your whole life, you are the best candidate to be the world's greatest megalomaniac!

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.