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

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

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.

My God! This is a revolution! We have to offend someone!

Joy is something we can’t manufacture. Joy happens to us not because of us.

Out of the millions who write, only very few manage to create an impact.

...dusk is the time when men whisper of matters about which they remain silent in the full light of the sun.

My sisters and I can still recite Dad's grilling rules: Rule No. 1: Dad is in charge. Rule No. 2: Repeat Rule No. 1.

You're an animal that needs to move across the landscape, you can't anymore, and that's another way we're just changing the surface of the Earth in very dramatic ways.

In the art world, Monet means money.

You never know what you find once you really get going.

The what-if's and the should-have's will eat your brain.

Every thought you think and every word you speak is affirming something.

The Beatles tried to do some tours and found it to be completely pointless and became a non-touring band after that, and with very good reason.