But I can tell you what your folly and injustice will compel us to do. It will compel us to be free from your domination, and more self-reliant than we have been.
The liberties of a people depend on their own constant attention to its preservation.
There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.
I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Times change, and we change with them.
Sound morals, religious liberty, and a just sense of religious responsibility are essentially connected with all true and lasting happiness.
The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital. . . if there exists a state of uncertainty as to whether the Government will repeal tomorrow what it has enacted today.
Where do real conversations about citizenship occur? In our schools. Think about the things you learned in first grade. "My Country 'Tis of Thee," "I pledge allegiance to the flag," "America the Beautiful. "
I know who I am, I know what I'm for, and I know what I'm willing to fight for.
Intelligence is: (a) the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or (b) a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is (c) both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting.
I have listened and I have been quiet all my life. But now I will speak.