A good government implies two things: first, fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means by which that object can be best attained.

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.

I cannot imagine a truly beautiful world without courtesy being integral to its culture.

Most of the men had simple souls. They could relate facts, but they said very little about what they dimly felt.

Remember always that the composer's pen is still mightier than the bow of the violinist in you lie all the possibilities of the creation of beauty.

What impressed me about Plato and Sartre was their conviction that we should live our lives in the light of big truths about reality and human existence.

What I'm trying to do is to at least raise a flag to the blinding light of technology.

I don't cuss in songs. It's too easy.

No matter what heights you achieve, even if you're Brad Pitt, the slide is coming, sure as death and taxes.

While rose-buds scarcely show'd their hue, But coyly linger'd on the thorn.

That's all an angel is....an idea of God.

...an actor is exactly as big as his imagination.