The love for our native land strengthens our individual and national character.

People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.

Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.

When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government.

One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

Wonderland was wonderful, but without a counterbalance, it could turn it's inhabitants completely insane.

I had a checkered early career, for sure, with a lot of very unhappy experiences where pictures got taken away, re-cut, re-titled... all the nightmares one hears about.

History is not happenstance: it is conspiratorial. Carefully planned and executed by people in power.

People do notice you but they behave normally if you behave normal.

I met some people in college and I kept cracking away until someone pointed me in the right direction.

It may seem bizarre, but in my opinion science offers a surer path to God than religion.

It's great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.

I think it's about time the world embraced its geekiness and stopped trying to be cool. It's just...you have way more fun as a geek than as a cool person.

In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place.

Radical Islam has been the foe of Christendom for centuries.