Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.

There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.

If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest

The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.

I came to architecture from building. Because my father was a builder, everybody was - and is - a builder in my family.

Reincarnation is a hopeful understanding of life. It is an accurate understanding of life. In each lifetime we grow, develop and evolve.

Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs.

If we were all on trial for our thoughts, we would all be hanged.

I've always thought my flowers had souls.

The only certainty is that there is no certainty.

Being a victim is almost as easy as being a liberal. It's one of the most gutless choices you could make.

It is all right you're saying you do not need other people, but there are a lot of people who need you.

To blame and accuse other people, is to choose to empower them, to control us.

I think computer viruses should count as life.