A Covenant not to defend myself from force, by force, is always void. For... no man can transfer or lay down his Right to save himself from Death.

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

Hell is truth seen too late.

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

Josh joined her at the window. She let him look. He should know that the world was not all lessons and iguanas and Nintendo. It was also this muddy simple boy tethered like an animal.

I feel a lot of people listen to what I have to say.

American voters have to pay closer attention to politics if they want to avoid four years of whining about the outcome.

I've always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I've been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.

Past: Jesus saved us from the penalty of sin. Present: He saves us from the power of sin. Future: He will save us from the presence of sin.

As a big creature, if you do not respect small creatures, you will be even much smaller than them!

Self-professed conservatives comprise about 40% to 45% of the electorate.

The less the head, the more the wound will heal. No head there is no wound. Live a headless life. Move as a total being, and accept things.

The tiger springs in the new year. Us he devours.

This Midwestern sky is the nakedest loneliest sky in America. To escape it, people live inside and underground.