I never said I had no idea about most of the things you said I said I had no idea about.
Nothing is more natural to men in office, than to look with peculiar deference towards that authority to which they owe their official existence.
You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so great as when they are confined within proper and moderate bounds. This forms a complete barrier against any material oppression of the citizens by taxes of this class, and is itself a natural limitation of the power of imposing them.
A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.
What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws.
The true principle of a republic is that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect, in proportion as the current of popular favor is checked. The great source of free government, popular election, should be perfectly pure, and the most unbounded liberty allowed.
The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it.
I'm not into this judgmental, religious-right kind of thing.
When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
I come from a Greek household. My mother wouldn't let the FedEx man come in without eating.