The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.

If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest

The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.

In life, those with heart certainly outdo those with ‘smart’.

To resist evil is to stand firm against the wrong committed without reacting to the wrong-doer!

When you live positively it is impossible to not also be living for something greater than yourself.

There’s no such thing as perfection, and even if there were, I think it’d be rather boring.

Trying to tell you I'm the one, come and holla at me before I'm on the next thing, YMCMB.

To stay present in everyday life, it helps to be deeply rooted within yourself; otherwise, the mind, which has incredible momentum, will drag you along like a wild river.

History has shown that at least one-half of every century is consumed in war.

When error holds so much power, play disappears. Creativity ceases.

What is the impulse that drove to direct? To me, it seems so immense. Just having a rock 'n' roll band, or to go from the solitude of writing and to having to collaborate, is almost schizophrenic.

Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever . . .