Among the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction.

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.

The female brain is engineered to avoid conflicts at all cost, whereas the male brain pleasures conflicts in the purpose of being the boss.

Life sure gives us serious lessons, but I refuse to sit down and take notes. I can pretty well do that walking!

You’re chicken, she told herself, snapping her seat belt. This is America, you live in it, you let it happen. Let it unfurl.

We are clay and nothing is real for us except the uncanny womb of Being into which we shall return.

The purpose of Hatha Yoga is to establish a body that is less susceptible to outside influences – a stable platform to build on.

In judging others folks will work overtime for no pay.

All beings want to live in peace and happiness, undisturbed. Therefore the concept of human rights is universal.

To think is to be sick.

Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood.

People don't want quarter-inch drills. They want quarter-inch holes.