"The tapestry of existence shows us that every ending is merely a new beginning in disguise."

"Experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men."

"The distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"Law represents the effort of man to organize society governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty."

"Freedom is a possession of inestimable value."

"Bush sees the evil as out there in the wider world, residing in people who 'hate freedom'. Look at his immediate response to the pictures of prisoner abuse this is not what Americans do, these are not our values."

"A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them."