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The defining character of American constitutional government is its constant tension between security and liberty, serving both by partial helpings of each.

And when you fall throughout life—and maybe even tonight after a few too many glasses of champagne—fall forward.

Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

I walked out of there to prepare for the next audition, and the next audition, and the next one.

I want to fall… forward. At least I figure that way I’ll see what I’m about to hit.

If I’m going to fall, I don’t want to fall back on anything, except my faith.

I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.

Never be discouraged. Never hold back. Give everything you’ve got.

The point is, every graduate here today has the training and the talent to succeed. But do you have guts to fail?

You hang around a barbershop long enough—sooner or later you will get a haircut.

You will fail at some point in your life. Accept it. You will lose. You will embarrass yourself. You will suck at something. There is no doubt about it.

Chide me when I do anything that is not well, but then make haste to tell me that you have forgiven me, and that you are what I shall ever be, a faithful friend.

I find I want courage to marry where I do not like

I shall never be persuaded that marriage has a charm to raise love out of nothing, much less out of dislike

If you love me you will; and if you do not, I shall never love myself.

Love is a terrible word, and I should blush to death if anything but a letter accused me on't.

Presently, after this was at an end, my mother died, and I was left at liberty to mourn her loss awhile.

but to have the spleen, and to dream upon't, is a punishment I would not wish my greatest enemy

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex

For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

This trial comes at a moment when man's power to achieve good or to inflict evil surpasses the brightest hopes and the sharpest fears of all ages.

as it must be the supreme purpose of all free men, so it must be the dedication of their leaders, to save humanity from preying upon itself

The Revolution was made to preserve our ancient indisputable laws and liberties, and that ancient constitution of government which is our only security for law and liberty.

Baffled, discountenanced, subdued, discredited, as the cause of justice and humanity is, it will be only the dearer to me.

An armed disciplined body is, in its essence, dangerous to liberty; undisciplined, it is ruinous to society.