I've always been creative, I think.
I never before knew the full value of trees. . . . What would I not give that the trees planted nearest round the house at Monticello were full grown.
The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that. . . it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
A true patriot will defend his country from its government.
When you abandon freedom to achieve security, you lose both and deserve neither.
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.
They absorb carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide and give out oxygen. What could be more desirable? And they look good in the bargain. Stop chopping down the rain forests and plant more saplings, and we're on our way.
There are all kinds of directors I want to work with and all kinds of films that I want to do.
The Social License is fundamentally about accountability to people and not just powerful interests. John Morrison’s book reminds all organizations – governments, business and civil society – to focus on the legitimacy of their own actions.
Old age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.