The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government.

If you write a whole line of zeroes, it's still — nothing.

If one's actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.

If the truth shall kill them, let them die.

Only the man who extols the purity of love devoid of desire, is capable of the depravity of a desire devoid of love.

No one's happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy.

Consider the reasons which make us certain that we are right, but not the fact that we are certain. If you are not convinced, ignore our certainty. Don't be tempted to substitute our judgment for your own.