All we can do is to make the best of our friends, love and cherish what is good in them, and keep out of the way what is bad.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

A susceptible child is capable of great hero worship, and a young mind can easily be obsessed by an idea which persists into adult life.

All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms, and they need post-war rebuilding of faith, trust and confidence.

He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.

In the long run, the people are our only appeal. The only ones who can free us are ourselves.

When you engage in fulfilling the needs of others, your own needs are fulfilled as a by-product.

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.

If you think life is a smooth sea, you will soon be awakened from this sweet dream by the slap of a bitter wave!

We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie.

That comes from most people having an American film model in their heads which is nothing but a total illusionary masturbatory massage.

I was very fortunate to be able to represent an icon to many African Americans.