The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided.

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.

I remembered a definition of chivalry I'd heard once: a man protecting a woman against every man but himself.

You teacher, teach your pupils freedom in thought and deed, honesty in thought and deed, and tolerance in thought and deed.

But I love how people who are musical, they know how to dress.

I don't get money from the vitamins that I make. My after tax profits go to a foundation that supports integrative medicine.

We read to find life, in all its possibilities.

Evil lives in a pit. If you want to fight it, you must climb down into the slime to do so. White cloaks show the dirt more thank black, and silver tarnishes.

Man is never sufficiently touched and affected by the awareness of his lowly state until he has compared himself with God's majesty.

Gently touching with the charm of poetry.

Man is not made for society, but society is made for man. No institution can be good which does not tend to improve the individual.

I'm from South Jersey: The idea of eating a roll with olive oil and anchovies or some kind of sardine and drinking mint tea definitely comes from reading Paul Bowles.