The trial of Zenger in 1735 was the germ of American freedom, the morning star of that liberty which subsequently revolutionized America.

This magistrate is not the king. The people are the king.

Give the vote to the people who have no property, and they will sell them to the rich, who will be able to buy them.

Religion is the only solid Base of morals and that Morals are the only possible Support of free governments.

Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God.

If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man, if he might so speak of continental reputation.

In adopting the republican form of government, I not only took it as a man does his wife, for better, for worse, but, what few men do with their wives, I took it knowing all its bad qualities.

Each state enjoys sovereign power.

They (the French) have taken genius instead of reason for their guide, adopted experiment instead of experience, and wander in the dark because they prefer lightning to light.

Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.

There were things I'd never do again, but then, they'd always seemed right.

You would be better off standing alone in solitude than to fake your way into standing with millions of negative minds. Peace of mind only lies in one's true identity.

It doesn't matter what others are doing. It matters what you are doing.

I grew up on film sets but more around the process of making films. I saw a lot of the editing process and the writing process, which takes years. That really affected me growing up, that side of it.

Copying is about reverse-engineering.

German people get very uptight if you mention World War II. Germans today feel that what's past is past, new generations don't really remember it.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.

Treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything in proper perspective so that each side of an object or a plane is directed towards a central point.

It's an old anarchist dream that people can take care of their own lives.