Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.

When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties.

I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I reflect, and out of all of this I try to form an idea into which I put as much common sense as I can.

Insurrection is the most sacred of rights and the most indispensable of duties.

If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy.

In my idea General Washington is the greatest man; for I look upon him as the most virtuous.

All that you are, all that I owe to you, justifies my love.

True republicanism is the sovereignty of the people. There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate.

Humanity has gained its suit; Liberty will nevermore be without an asylum.

In the American colonies, the main problem of liberty has been solved, demonstrated and practiced in such a manner as not to leave much to be said by European institutions.

If you were lost for America, there is nobody who could keep the army and the revolution [going] for six months.

The biggest, toughest competition in the future will be the battle for your time and attention. Your one thing — your call to adventure — is your best tool in that battle.

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Now I know why women get their ears pierced. Once they've survived this ordeal of mutilation, they can face the discomforts of childbirth with equanimity.

The world will persist in exhibiting before you what you persist in affirming the world is.

I spent two years in the Army. And my older brother, who was also a great positive influence on me, encouraged me to think about law school, and I said - well, I didn't have any money.

Let him avoid ,the acquisition of wealth and ,the gratification of his desires, if they are opposed to the sacred law, and even lawful acts which may cause pain in the future or are offensive to men.

It was in the mid-70's, '74 or '75 I started doing leadership conferences for pastors and in '79 I wrote my first book "Think On These Things".

My goal as a writer is more to comfort than to disturb.

Our thinking minds deprive us of the happiness that comes when we are living fully in the moment.

If a man ain't nothin' else, then he's an artist. It's the only thing he can claim to be that nobody can prove he ain't.