Be sure you are right, then go ahead.

The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.

There ain't no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all.

We have the right as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.

You can all go to hell. I’m going to Texas.

My tongue speak what my heart thinks.

Remember these words when I am dead. First be sure you're right, then go ahead.

It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement. such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles.

I have always supported measures and principles and not men.

I would rather be politically dead than hypocritically immortalized.

If I could rest anywhere, it would be in Arkansas, where the men are of the real half-horse, half-alligator breed such as grows nowhere else on the face of the universal earth.

Family is not limited by blood or marriage. It's limited to love and bond to one another in one's heart

Great deeds begin in the mind, extraordinary deeds begin in the heart, and remarkable deeds begin in the soul.

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on... The loves and sorrows that are great are destroyed by their own plentitude.

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.

Make a commitment today to something bigger and more important than yourself.

Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do.

I'm a terrible sleeper. I get obsessive, repetitive thoughts and it's horrible.

Parents should monitor their behavior, know who their friends are, and keep track of what they do.

You never lose by giving it all to Jesus.

My brother is one of my true heroes. Steady and sober where I am impulsive and emotional.