“In principle any revolt strengthens the government it fails to overthrow.”

“I don’t encourage chaos to initiate a revolution. The only reason to revolt is because the people find the government revolting.”

“Consequences are governed by principles, and behavior is governed by values, therefore, value principles!”

“Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.”

“But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master--something that at times strangely wills and works for itself. He may lay down rules and devise principles, and to rules and principles it will perhaps for years lie in subjection; and then, haply without any warning of revolt, there comes a time when it will no longer consent.”

“I teach them correct principles and they govern themselves.”