"To reason with goverments, as they have..." - Quote by Thomas Paine

“Peace, which costs nothing, is attended with infinitely more advantage than any victory with all its expence.”

“Every proprietor owes to the community a ground-rent for the land which he holds.”

“The birthday of a new world is at hand.”

“I repeat that in this sense the most splendid court in Christendom is provincial, having authority to consult about Transalpine interests only, and not the affairs of Rome. A prætor or proconsul would suffice to settle the questions which absorb the attention of the English Parliament and the American Congress.”

“I want to say 'I Shot The Police' but the government would have made a fuss so I said 'I Shot The Sheriff' insteadbut it's the same idea: justice.”

“If no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capcity to govern someone else.”

“My overriding belief is that it is always possible for criminals to improve and that by its very finality the death penalty contradicts this.”

“I marched with you in the streets of Chicago to meet our immigration challenge. I fought with you in the Senate for comprehensive immigration reform. And I will make it a top priority in my first year as President.”

“One of these days they are going to remove so much of the 'hooey' and the thousands of things the schools have become clogged up with, and we will find that we can educate our broods for about one-tenth of the price and learn 'em something that they might accidentally use after they escape.”