The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation.

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.

But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three is a Congress.

The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.

Hope means you keep holding on to things that won't ever be so again.

A system should be viable, it should let your dream to be developed and born

Henry Luce to his Time magazine writers: "Tell the history of our time through the people who make it.

It's when someone has an agenda of their own for the record that it doesn't work for me.

I think it's probably a bad idea for young boys to see how they're being depicted in men's fantasies. It could get very dark. You could learn how to do things wrong.

Some people say talent is energy and that's a very interesting way of thinking about it. In other words, people with talent have a lot of energy.

There is no occasion for our rejoicing at a foe's death, because our own life will also not last forever.

I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.

I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard's.

Unless you have a definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.