This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.

The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.

If this be treason, make the most of it!

United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs.

The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!

[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.

It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains.

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

God made me blind and unable to walk. BIG DEAL! He gave me the ability... the musical gifts I have... the great opportunity to meet new people.

I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.

If girls could spit venom, it'd be through their eyes.

I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for.

I woke up full of hate and fear the day before the most recent peace march in San Francisco. This was disappointing: I'd hoped to wake up feeling somewhere between Virginia Woolf and Wavy Gravy.

It seems to me that inner growth is the whole moving force behind voluntary simplicity.

I endeavor to trigger positive, empowering, life-giving emotion - I believe art is that powerful.

Tradition and conscience are the two wings given to the human soul to reach the truth.

I could look in everyone's faces and see them reflecting on how much time has passed and all the things we went through.

A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light

Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life.

In this very real world, good doesn't drive out evil. Evil doesn't drive out good. But the energetic displaces the passive.