Often the masses are plundered and do not know it.

When plunder becomes a way of life, men create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.

The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else.

Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone.

If philanthropy is not voluntary, it destroys liberty and justice. The law can give nothing that has not first been taken from its owner.

When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law.

The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.

There are people who think that plunder loses all its immorality as soon as it becomes legal. Personally, I cannot imagine a more alarming situation.

In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so?

Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism - including, of course, legal despotism?

Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property.

Don't be afraid, " Elisha answered, "We have more on our side than they have on theirs." (2 Kings 6:15 GNT)

Are we star-crossed?" I asked quietly, a whisper."Yes, " he said. "But I would fight against the stars for you.

Innovation grows out of membership and a sure sense of responsibility people feel for their work and the organizations that employ them.

I stand here today as hopeful as ever that the United States of America will endure, that it will prevail, that the dream of our founders will live on in our time.

I don't miss the ministry, because I'm completely engaged in it. In terms of parish ministry, I miss the intimacy with a group of people.

It is enough that one man hate another for hate to gain, little by little, all mankind.

I [have] love for others and love for life.

See, a good habit makes a child a man, Whereas a bad one makes a man a beast.

You can't reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns.

I didn't say 'former president,' I said 'president,' and I have the constitutional rights according to the constitution, including immunity from prosecution.