The Convention thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men.

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.

There is no such thing as magic, " she told me. "You can b e l i e v e all you want, but it's never going to do you any good. Nobody flies. We only fall

It is possible to reclaim your future, to build a happy life despite an imperfect past. We can order the universe to our will and mind.

I am no busier than I have ever been - I have always been a busy guy.

Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met - obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.

Small businesses are the economic drivers of our country, providing the stimulus our communities need.

Nature has her proper interest; and he will know what it is, who believes and feels, that every Thing has a Life of its own, and that we are all one Life.

One way to think about running a successful business is to figure out what the least you can do is, and do that.

Once you start laughing, you start healing.

Too much information is rather deadening.

Films are really cool because, every couple months, or however many times you can get a job because there's a lot of luck involved in that, you're playing a different character.