We are not a nation, but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign states.

There never has yet existed a wealthy and civilized society in which one portion of the community did not, in point of fact, live on the labor of the other.

I never use the word nation in speaking of the United States. I always use the word Union or Confederacy. We are not a nation but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign States.

Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it.

In looking back, I see nothing to regret, and little to correct.

The defence of human liberty against the aggressions of despotic power have been always the most efficient in States where domestic slavery was to prevail.

The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party.

It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

Beware the wrath of a patient adversary.

The will of a majority is the will of a rabble. Progressive democracy is incompatable with liberty.

Life is a chance at Evolution. Overcome yourself and Become. ☥

That speech (Daniel Webster's) “raised the idea of Union above contract or expediency and enshrined it in the American heart.

I played with the image, because I think image is temporary. It's a projection. It's illusory.

We live in a culture where everything tastes good but nothing satisfies.

Characters who are on screen from start to finish are not necessarily the ones who have the greatest impact.

Success travels in the company of very hard work. There is no trick, no easy way.

Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth.

You only have to believe that you can succeed, that you can be whatever your heart desires, be willing to work for it, and you can have it.

Of course, I do not regret the Bond days. I regret that sadly heroes in general are depicted with guns in their hands, and to tell the truth, I have always hated guns and what they represent.

A man who cannot seduce men cannot save them either.