"I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard."

"With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plea; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost."

"Most men who are not married by the age of thirty-five are either homosexual or really smart."

"Tug on anything at all and you'll find it connected to everything else in the universe."

"Reprimand not a child immediately on the offence. Wait till the irritation has been replaced by serenity."

"All government -- indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act -- is founded on compromise and barter."

"A pessimist is never disappointed."

"Whoever controls the media--the images--controls the culture."