If we are not represented, we are slaves.

I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial; but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far I can reduce to practice principles which I know to be founded in truth.

The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country.

If we are not represented, we are slaves.

Taxation without representation is tyranny.

MAY it please your Honors: I was desired by one of the court to look into the books, and consider the question now before them concerning Writs of Assistance.

I have accordingly considered it, and now appear not only in obedience to your order, but likewise in behalf of the inhabitants of this town, who have presented another petition, and out of regard to the liberties of the subject.

I do not say that, when brought to the test, I shall be invincible.

A man's house is his castle.

Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed.

I will to my dying day oppose, with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand and villainy on the other as this Writ of Assistance is.

It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own.

Every one with this writ may be a tyrant; if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, also, may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm.

These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero.

A man is accountable to no person for his doings.

Every man may reign secure in his petty tyranny, and spread terror and desolation around him, until the trump of the Archangel shall excite different emotions in his soul.

But I think I can sincerely declare that I cheerfully submit myself to every odious name for conscience' sake; and from my soul I despise all those whose guilt, malice, or folly has made them my foes.

My dear sister, I hope, when God Almighty in his righteous providence shall take me out of time into eternity, that it will be by a flash of lightning.

Now, one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house.

I think it's a mistake for the American public to constantly be told that if you work for an oil company or you work for a bank, that automatically makes you bad. I think a lot of these people are very qualified people who are patriots. They're going to want to help the country.

I love Costco.

Nothing has the power to radically change a life more than an attitude adjustment.

The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their submission criteria are.

When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.

Television enables you to be entertained in your home by people you wouldn't have in your home.

Prayer provides an opportunity to remind oneself of how one should be living, our responsibilities to others, our own failings, and our relative good fortune, should we have it. This is, I think, a pretty worthwhile practice and it is not something you can only do if you believe you are talking to an unseen creator.

I'm looking for little movies that are good instead of picking scripts in pursuit of superstardom.

Well, I haven't signed anything giving people the right to do anything they want with my image, you know what I mean. I have the ultimate say.

A fiance is neither this nor that hes left one shore but not yet reached the other.

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

I am not moved by what I see. I am not moved by what I feel. I am moved only by what I believe.

The message of body acceptance built on Jennifer Lawrence's soundbites only empowers those who are willing to ignore the fact that her statements reinforce our current cultural views rather than subverting them.

Everything in tennis is so neat and nice but boxing has sport down to its essence; it is very pure and I like that.

Everyone thinks something like 'The Hills' just falls into your lap. It's not true. You have to work for everything.

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.

It is important to remember that a thought is harmless unless we believe them and act on them. As the subject, since thoughts are an object of your awareness, you have the power to challenge every thought. You can decide if you want to make that thought real.

As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our history.

I think I'm a decent-looking guy. Sometimes I can look great, and other times I look horrifying.

I believe in singing for my supper. I'll never accept a grant because what I do should be able to be founded purely on free enterprise.

If my company spends money, it should be disclosed to the shareholders and how it was spent. With my personal money, I can do anything I want. But company money should be disclosed.

I think jamming is the way we begin to communicate. In the old days, people actually wrote notes on paper and sent them to each other. I guess that's how they jammed.

The NSA routinely lies in response to congressional inquiries about the scope of surveillance in America.

Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.