The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.

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.

I believe in letting the story speak for itself.

Love can be seeing that here we are and there's this world here.

The Japanese seem to be a loyal audience.

A good environment certainly makes it easier to grow. But whether you’re in a good environment or not, you can learn and improve where you are.

Those movies, Decline I and II and Suburbia, are dearly loved, but they never made any money. I didn't even have the rights for some of them.

Merely transferring the content of existing newspapers online and expecting payment won't work because they are two separate business concepts.

We've arrived at a point where the President of the United States is going to lead a war on traditional marriage.

Yeah, it's a weird little niche, but by God, it's my niche.

Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point. A diamond with a flaw is more valuable that a brick without a flaw.

O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!