“In detaining by fraud and violence so numerous a part of my brethren, under groaning captivity and cruel oppression, that you should at the same time be found guilty of that most criminal act, which you professedly detested in others, with respect to yourselves”

Were there no uniforms, there would probably be no armies.

Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.

Never abandon your vision. Keep reaching to further your dreams.

No one is ever a victim, although your conquerors would have you believe in your own victimhood. How else could they conquer you?

Your policy should be a mixture between your interests and how you reach your ends, but based on values. It cannot be only the end justifies the means, because for the criminals, ends justify the means, for thieves, for every illegal and immoral action, the end justifies the means.

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

When the last of the Reformers died, religion, instead of emancipating the nations, had become an excuse for the criminal art of despots. Calvin preached, and Bellarmine lectured; but Machiavelli reigned.

Murder is a horror, but an often necessary horror, never criminal, which it is essential to tolerate in a republican State. Is it or is it not a crime?

I’m just saying the producers and people who work on music are getting left out – that’s when it starts getting criminal. It’s like you’re working hard, and you’re not receiving. In any other business, people would be standing before Congress. They have antitrust laws against this kind of behavior.

Get his master’s in criminal justice, stayed out of trouble. Played for three different teams. Changed three different franchises around.

We don’t let criminals serve in our office as president.