The security intended to the general liberty consists in the frequent election and in the rotation of the members of Congress.

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.

April and May were painful, lonely months for me because I couldn't talk to you. I never knew that spring could be so painful and lonely. Better to have three Februaries than a spring like this.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard, ' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

The privileges of the side-table included the small prerogatives of sitting next to the toast, and taking two cups of tea to other people's one.

Even in the best times, managing science has been compared to herding cats; it is not done well, but one is surprised to find it done at all.

And I am a mockery, who was God before.

It's a big world. Don't get trapped by tiny dreams and feeble problems. Time for big prayers and bold faith.

An old man said, We are not condemned because of our thoughts that enter us, but because we use our thoughts badly; our thoughts can cause us either to suffer shipwreck or to be crowned.

Screw it, just do it!

Can you buy friendship? You not only can, you must. It's the only way to obtain friends. Everything worthwhile has a price.

I'm an actor, and when I close the door at home I'm kind of off-duty.