Change is inevitable, change for the better is a full-time job.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

The Bible describes everything, including you!

A holding company is the people you give your money to while you're being searched.

Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.

The State idea is not according to my heart. I cannot understand why it is needed. It is connected with narrow-minded and economic obstacles. I believe it is bad. I have always been against it.

No matter what you look like or think you look like, you're special and loved and perfect just the way you are.

I firmly believe that if your environment works for you and your family, it translates into a better life.

It's not about being right, it's about getting it right.

My grandmother's brain was dead, but her heart was still beating. It was the first time we ever had a democrat in the family.

Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives.

When I retired, I felt that I lived more in that year than I had the previous 27 years of my life.