Though a wide ocean separates the United States from Europe, yet there are various considerations that warn us against an excess of confidence or security.

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.

Its better you make suffer yourself instead of making others to suffer, it's justified.

The terrible poverty of pride is that there is nothing that can be taken in selfishness which will exceed what is received when nothing is expected and everything is offered.

I'm home in New Orleans!

We always have a good time playing, and I'm glad it shows.

People often forget this - a vinyl album could only contain a maximum of 20 minutes per side!

We made a big mistake 300 years ago when we separated technology and humanism. It's time to put the two back together.

Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.

The question was which spell did I make? Which did I have time to make? The answer was eerily simple. I had time to make all of them.

Everything that we know is within our universe, and everything within our universe is moulded by the conditions of space, time, and causation.

Well I come from a land, from a far away place, where the caravan camels roam. They will cut of your ear if they don't like your face, it's babaric, but hey, it's home.