How easily men satisfy themselves that the Constitution is exactly what they wish it to be

A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must, in practice, be a bad government.

One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offense to keep arms.

No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.

There never has been a period of history, in which the Common Law did not recognize Christianity as lying at its foundation.

The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic.

It should therefore be difficult in a republic to declare war; but not to make peace.

It is important also to consider, that the surest means of avoiding war is to be prepared for it in peace.

Piety, religion, and morality are intimately connected with the well being of that state, and indispensable to the administration of civil justice.

I think that when in doubt about the truth of an issue, it's safer and in better taste to select the least numerous of the adversaries.

That's a lot of what the ghetto is, a reflection of poor self esteem

The fact was never give a chance to the possibility

We do not want churches. They will teach us to quarrel about God.

in writing we live life twice: once in the experience, and again in recording and reflecting upon our experience.

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My politics would be, must be, have to be, completely separate from my judgment.

Was [Adolf Hitler] rude to me? Never. He was always polite and well-mannered.

Bisexuality is not so much a cop-out as a fearful compromise.

Quite frankly, I am not very comfortable in chitchat. When I go to board meetings, I arrive two minutes before and leave when it's over. I don't stay for lunch or go early and have coffee.