The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed.

The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.

This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.

If this be treason, make the most of it!

United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs.

The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!

[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.

It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains.

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

God made me blind and unable to walk. BIG DEAL! He gave me the ability... the musical gifts I have... the great opportunity to meet new people.

The central movement of the mind is the desire for unrestricted liberty and (...) this movement is invariably accompanied by its opposite, a dread of the consequences of liberty.

Evangeline's obliviousness was a reason to like her rather than not: I liked least those schoolfellows whose awareness of me invariably caused misery.

Everyday do one thing to move you in the direction of your dreams.

If you are as happy my dear sir on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home you are the happiest man in the country.

In the factory we make cosmetics in the drugstore we sell hope.

What more can life hold, than to know that because of your story, somebody out there has decided to read again!

If I go three days without vocalizing, the voice is gone.

If people volunteered in the same way to construct schools or roads or even clear the river of plastic wrappers, by God, Pakistan would become a paradise within a year.

Don't let the culture influence your message, let your message influence the culture.

And you stagger down to break your fast. Greasy bacon and lacquered eggs And coffee composed of frigid dregs.