The crowning feature of the federal system is the supremacy of the judiciary over all other branches of government in matters relating to the rights of persons and property.

You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

American government did not originate in any abstract theories about liberty and equality, but in the actual experience gained by generation after generation of English colonists in managing their own political affairs. The Revolution did not make a breach in the continuity of their institutional life.

When I had no money, I would find out which friend had work and money at that point in time and would go and stay with him for a week. All of us theatre guys did that.

I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.

I am a free man. I don't need to earn money. But I need to love what I do.

Like everybody, I have invested in things that have gone bad, because there's never any guarantee of success or profit when it comes to money.