The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny.

All mankind... being all equal and independent no one ought to harm another in his life health liberty or possessions.

I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it and letting it be contagious. And to not be dependent on other people to create your own happiness.

Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent and he is never bored and life is only too short and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.

Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.

I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.

Let's stop big government energy mandates like cap-and-trade and instead trust the American innovator to make us energy independent.

That's the definition of 'success' for the modern Democrat Party. As many people dependent on government as possible is the objective.

So Indian policy has become institutionalized and the result has been that American people have become more dependent on government and that the American people have become more dependent on corporations.