Washington...has become an alien city-state that rules America, and much of the rest of the world, in the way that Rome ruled the Roman Empire.

In other words, governments do not collect taxes to provide services, they provide services as an excuse to collect taxes.

Do all you have agreed to do, and do not encroach on other persons or their property.

To me, patriotism means dedication to the principles on which the country was founded and a willingness to stand firm and fight for these principles regardless of what the government says or does

You can be whoever you want to be. Sometimes all it takes is a little inspiration and effort.

YOU CAN LEARN FROM THE FAILURES OF OTHERS AND YOU YOU CAN LEARN SUCCESSES OF OTHERS.

The being who patiently endures injustice, and silently bears insults, will soon become unjust, or unable to discern right from wrong.

Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

Loneliness is not lack of company, loneliness is lack of purpose.

The power to prevent violence is a power that no police force seems to have anywhere in the United States.

The real index of civilization is when people are kinder than they need to be.

You are only as powerful as your mentors.

Wisdom is an affair of values, and of value judgments. It is intelligent conduct of human affairs.