We have seen the mere distinction of color made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man.

The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.

Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.

Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.

If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.

The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security.

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

Even if it's being a Beatle for the rest of my life, it's still only a temporary thing.

I do know something. Just not with any certainty.

one of the tests of a theory is that, once grasped, it appears self-evident.

Let's go to Russia. She [Hillary Clinton] went to the Kremlin on her very first visit and gave them that stupid symbolic reset button.

It is important to say all the great thoughts again, without knowing that they have already been said.

We who are engaged in the sacred cause of education are entitled to look upon all parents as having given hostages to our cause.

Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my influences as a writer.

What fear has once made me will, I am bound still to will when without fear.

A burrito is a sleeping bag for ground beef.

An exotic and irrational entertainment, which has been always combated, and always has prevailed.