But truth is most likely to be exhibited by the general sense of contemporaries, when the feelings of the heart can be expressed without suffering itself to be disguised by the prejudices of man.

The rights of the individual should be the primary object of all governments.

The origin of all power is in the people, and they have an incontestable right to check the creatures of their own creation.

The waves have rolled upon me, the billows are repeatedly broken over me, yet I am not sunk down.

No republic ever yet stood on a stable foundation without satisfying the common people.

It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy

The British were indeed very far superior to the Americans in every respect necessary to military operations, except the revivified courage and resolution, the result of sudden success after despair.

The study of the human character opens at once a beautiful and a deformed picture of the soul.

Mankind may amuse themselves with theoretic systems of liberty... but we can only discern its true value by the practical and wretched effects of slavery.

But in the hero ne'er forget the man.

To learn to die is an heroic work.

Vladimir Nabokov, contemning readers who "identified" with characters in fiction, remarked that the best readers identify with the artist.

I have some strong positive reasons why I am on the path that I am, and this is why moving forward is the only option that my mind sees.

Environmental disaster is the gravest threat to China's continued development. That's according to me, but it is not some wacko view.

Of course you know him. Everyone knows a pear-shaped man.

That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience.

One of the most liberating personal discoveries I have made is the knowledge that whenever I am upset, there is another way of looking at any situation, person, or condition.

Europe is acting in a very self-destructive manner, but is doing so because it's trying to be loyal to the United States.

I'm a novelist at heart. My sole intention is to write the best novel possible. I don't think about the film potential at all.

Everything that's fun in life is dangerous. Horse races, for instance, are very dangerous. But attempt to design a safe horse and the result is a cow ... It is impossible to be alive and safe.

I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ