Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
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.
Two per cent. is genius, and ninety-eight per cent. is hard work.
The purpose of the painter is simply to reproduce in other minds the impression which a scene has made upon him. A work of art does not appeal to the intellect. It does not appeal to the moral sense. Its aim is to instruct, not to edify, but to awaken an emotion.
My my, hey hey. . . Rock and roll is here to stay. Hey hey, my my. . . Rock and roll will never die.
I know, there are so many great lines [in Tommy Boy]. People say to me, "Did you eat paint chips for a living?" Or, "These shoes are worth more than your life. " And the one I get all the time is, "Brothers don't shake hands, brothers gotta hug!"