Conscience, that vicegerent of God in the human heart, whose "still small voice" the loudest revelry cannot drown.

There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.

The liberties of a people depend on their own constant attention to its preservation.

I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

Times change, and we change with them.

Sound morals, religious liberty, and a just sense of religious responsibility are essentially connected with all true and lasting happiness.

The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . . if there exists a state of uncertainty as to whether the Government will repeal tomorrow what it has enacted today.

The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.

A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged.

All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess.

The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.

My mother always says that indifference is the greatest cruelty.

If the government is going to mandate levels and punish schools for failing, they should send that money to the school system.

Truth is mighty and it will prevail.

I had grown up in a humanist atmosphere, and war to me was never anything but horror, mutilation and senseless destruction, and I knew that many great and wise people felt the same way about it.

Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish.

Reasons for not keeping a notebook: 1) the ambiguity of the reader

My parents say that even as a very, very little kid, the way that I acted was dramatically different from other little kids.

The Christian life is what you do when you realize that you can do nothing.

The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better

It seems to be unfathomable to people that I just happen to be 49 and look good. I am totally capable of accepting myself.