America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement.

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order.

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions can prove a substitute for common sense and public morality.

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.

I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.

Control yourself every passing second and make sure that no unit of time is being wasted

Happy is entirely up to you and always has been.

When my dad passed, there's a lot of sadness right below the surface, and I think there will be until the day I die. So, writing sad songs helps it. And when I sing them, it's pure therapy for me.

I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister.

To say that a state cannot pursue its aims because there is no money, is like saying that an engineer cannot build roads, because there are no kilometers.

Most of our distractions are designed to invite us away from this recognition, which is a good idea.

Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!

I found English to be a sort of Thomas Hardy aversion therapy.

Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.

If people are not listening to you as individuals, it's always good to get together and make a stand for something.