[N]o religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.

Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.

Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.

If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.

The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security.

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

Interestingly, bonobo percussionists prefer a tempo of 280 beats per minute, the syllabic rate at which most humans speak.

The radiance of dignity and grace creates a profound elegance which exists whether anyone is watching or not.

Be careful about financial offers that often come by email. Before you respond to such an offer, ask yourself: do I really need a new problem?

In vain sedate reflections we would make When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take.

Every human endeavor has leaders and followers, and your job as a leader is to inspire.

No other nation killed people the way the United States did to end slavery.

The sport [football] is simply more and more identified with violence, both in its inherent nature and in its savage personnel... [The National Football League] now needs a guardian, not a CEO.

Lust's passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes.

Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.

How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top