The future condition of the conquered power depends on the will of the conquerer.

I don’t hold with equality in all things only with equality before the law and nothing more.

No government can be free that does not allow all its citizens to participate in the formation and execution of her laws.

I wished that I were the owner of every southern slave, that I might cast off the shackles from their limbs, and witness the rapture which would excite them in the first dance of their freedom.

The whole fabric of southern society must be changed, and never can it be done if this opportunity is lost. Without this, this government can never be, as it never has been, a true republic.

The greatest measure of the nineteenth century was passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in America.

The freedom of a government does not depend on the quality of its laws, but upon the power that has the right to create them.

I wish the Indians had newspapers of their own. If they had, you would have horrible pictures of the cold-blooded murders of inoffensive Indians.

Retain, even in opposition, your capacity for astonishment.

I answer, because I live among men and not among angels.

There can be no fanatics in the cause of genuine liberty. Fanaticism is excessive zeal. There may be, and have been fanatics in false religion; in the bloody religions of the heathen.

In a way, I was incrediibly proud of her (not that I had any intention of letting it show while I was beating the crap out of her).

The great actors always play themselves.

Disguise, I see thou art a wickedness, / Wherein the...enemy does much.

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection - they have many friends and few enemies.

I'm never satisfied, I always want to do better. That's how it is to be an elite athlete, you're never happy. When you start getting happy and you start feeling satisfied, you're done.

My blood in his veins." ~Jace

I put my ideas into practice. That may be the reason people hate me.

If certain women walk straight into adultery, there are many others who cling to numerous hopes, and commit sin only after wandering through a maze of sorrows.

Subtle and literate, The Dance of Intimacy is like a long, revealing conversation with a wise and compassionate friend.

I'm not as serious of a person as people make me out to be. Most people would think that I would be less successful in comedy, but I can crack a joke as well as anyone else.