It is presumable that no country will be able to borrow of foreigners upon better terms than the United States, because none can, perhaps, afford so good security.

People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.

Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.

When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government.

One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

But she wasn’t around, and that’s the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going in to every fight with backup, you are going into every fight alone.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

Flee from those who seek to make you doubt yourself!

Dare to ask questions. This is the only way to find answers to your curiosity.

The reality of things going on around me is more interesting than the fantasies of the world I work in.

You think you know who you are and then other people have these other ideas.

I played a Spaniard. I looked about as Spanish as any other fair-skinned German.

We also try to reach out to people who are far away, via digital means, the web and brief messaging.

Acting is the ability to live truthfully under the given imaginary circumstances

Now we ask you to clean up your homes we urge each of you to dress and keep in a beautiful state the property that is in your hands.