Tyranny and despotism can be exercised by many, more rigorously, more vigorously, and more severely, than by one.

When I die, I desire no better winding sheet than the Stars and Stripes, and no softer pillow than the Constitution of my country.

If you always support the correct principles then you will never get the wrong results!

The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens.

The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.

Washington, DC is 12 square miles bordered by reality.

It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.

Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.

Whenever you hear a man prating about the Constitution, spot him as a traitor.

Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.

I realized, there are people out there who can beat me, want to beat me. And unless I continue to innovate and evolve, I am going to learn a painful lesson from someone who has.

There's a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.

I'd rather have less time than I think, than less think than I have time.

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

I don't know what people think in making record is like. But basically, I got a bunch of spaghetti and spaghetti sauce, and the whole band was staying at my house and we had a ball.

People hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.

In this job it's like beasts of prey in a cage

Both poverty and wealth are excellent things, because they are extremes, but the middle ground is damaging to the soul.

We cannot remain silent when someone of the Pope's stature and credibility confuses religious principles for science

Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs

Technology without hatred can be a blessing. Technology with hatred is always a disaster.