It will be proper to take a review of the several sources from which governments have arisen, and on which they have been founded.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

I want John Legend to sing at my wedding.

I think in L.A., in terms of the music scene, it's a really strange place. It's really hard to get the feeling that something's happening, or the feeling that something can make it out of there.

Uncommon expressions are a disfigurement rather than an embellishment of discourse.

She had never loved him so much as she did in that instant.

We have a choice at every moment. We can engage in sadness, anger or fear or we can choose joy, love, and peace.

If you allow yourself to feel fabulous, you are fabulous.

The price of getting what you want, is getting what once you wanted.

I was an insecure kid. Once I saw 'Hercules' with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my life. If I had never gone to that film, I wouldn't be here today.

The persistence of an all-absorbing idea is terrible.