Those who have a tolerable knowledge of human nature will not stand in need of such lights.

People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.

Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.

When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government.

One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

In the society of thinking humanity, the natural law of trust should be - In I, I trust.

What do your parents know, about surviving?

My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him.

I don't enjoy watching people fail, but I don't feel sorry for them when they fail crossing my path, that I love.

The problem is that your daughter has given her heart to a 15-year-old boy, and a 15-year-old boy does not yet qualify as a human being.

A mathematician who is not also something of a poet will never be a complete mathematician.

Choose people who lift you up.

Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory - but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living.

If Good approved of his creature's creation, He breathed the painted clay-model into life by signing His name.

A loving God who has no wrath is no God. He is an idol of our own making as much as if we carved Him out of stone.