The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.

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.

Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.

Life itself is simple...it's just not easy.

The Lord sustained me.

A hungry man is not a free man.

Writing: I certainly do rewrite my central myth in every book and would never read or trust any writer who did not also do so.

Handguns are a public health issue.

Traditionally speaking, the three biggest twats in any band are the singer, the keyboardist and the drummer. I don't need to say anything else.

When someone close to you dies, the line is shifted really drastically about what is meaningful and what isn't.

Seeing-is-believing is a blind spot in man's vision.

Keep your lips and other body parts to yourself or you’ll be headless. (Apollymi)