Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty.

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.

If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory.

All we ask is to be let alone.

Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty.

A people morally and intellectually equal to self-government must also be equal in self-defence.

Every one must understand that, whatever be the evil of slavery, it is not increased by its diffusion. Every one familiar with it knows that it is in proportion to its sparseness that it becomes less objectionable. Wherever there is an immediate connexion between the master and slave, whatever there is of harshness in the system is diminished.

God forbid that the day should ever come when to be true to my constituents is to be hostile to the Union.

It is not differences of opinion; it is geographical lines, rivers, and mountains which divide State from State, and make different nations of mankind.

It was one of the compromises of the Constitution that the slave property in the Southern States should be recognized as property throughout the United States.

Obstacles may retard, but they cannot long prevent the progress of a movement sanctioned by its justice and sustained by a virtuous people.

Slavery existed before the formation of this Union. It derived from the Constitution that recognition which it would not have enjoyed without the confederation. If the States had not united together, there would have been no obligation on adjoining States to regard any species of property unknown to themselves.

The right solemnly proclaimed at the birth of the States, and which has been affirmed and reaffirmed in the bills of rights of the States subsequently admitted into the Union of 1789, undeniably recognizes in the people the power to resume the authority delegated for the purposes of Government.

To increase the power, develop the resources and promote the happiness of a Confederacy, it is requisite there should be so much of homogeneity that the welfare of every portion would be the aim of the whole.

To one who loves his country in all its parts, it is natural to rejoice in whatever contributes to the prosperity and honor and marks the stability and progress of any portion of its people.

Nothing fills me with deeper sadness than to see a Southerner apologizing for the defense we made of our inheritance.

Tradition usually rests upon something which men did know; history is often the manufacture of the mere liar.

In effect, you cannot stop Iraq from growing nasty bugs in the basement. You can stop them from putting operational warheads on working missiles and launching them at their neighbors.

A whole lot of Americans have never met a Mormon.

I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I should, but I don't. There's always a good reason for doing something.

We broke up mostly because we didnt have a manager and everyone was on different drugs. I dont take them so it was a bit weird for me.

Don't let someone else's opinion of you become your reality.

It's interesting how sleepwalking in a certain way becomes an accumulation of your outside stimuli that's actually there and what's happening in your brain.

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

I basically never feel like writing. I am a happy-go-lucky, relaxed, fun-seeking kind of person. And working disturbs that, because it puts me in a state of anxiety.

We need to encourage the presence of more Asian writers and executive producers so they can fight for normalizing the casting of Asians in traditional American roles.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.

Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only degenerates need such a conviction.

Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.

Tea is a huge part of my life.

Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.

It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.

The problem with martyrs is that they're all dead. What do they have to do with us that are simple enough to still be alive? Should we just give up and want to die because death is better than dishonor? But suicide is a sin too so we really are damned if we do and damned if we don't.

This band has never had an argument. It's just amazing.

Especially girls, but any kids exposed to music programs and arts programs do much better on their tests. They have a better chance of going to college. They can focus better. You know, we're not just automatons learning how to work machines and do engineering and math and science. All of that's great, but you've got to build a whole person.

On reaching the place where the Indians had surprised us, we found the bodies of the three men whom they had killed and scalped, and literally cut into pieces.

Rationalism, which is the feeling that everything is subject to and completely explicable by Reason, consequently rejects everything not visible and calculable.

At the core of all well-founded belief lies belief that is unfounded.

Once you apologize, then the press wants you to get down on your knees and say you're sorry. They are not appeasable.

Strip makeup lights just don't give you a fighting chance no matter how good looking you are. Light sconces that flank the mirror illuminate your entire face evenly.