Corporations have neither bodies to kick, nor souls to damn.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

After eight years as President I have only two regrets: that I have not shot Henry Clay or hanged John C. Calhoun.

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

John Calhoun, if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body.

I was born for a storm and a calm does not suit me.

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

When you get in debt you become a slave.

But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.

Forgiveness brings healing.

While pensive poets painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep.

Life's too short when you find yourself sitting in a car for four hours every day trying to get from East L.A. to West L.A. to Hollywood and then back to East L.A.

The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not at home unless they are abroad.

The destructive power of a lie is stronger than the truth.

I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-the-wisp...

I mean, m-m-m-my you're like pelican fly

It is a most unhappy state to be at a distance with God: man needs no greater infelicity than to be left to himself.

All societies are historical.

Man's salvation and perfection consists of doing the will of God which he must have in view in all things, and at every moment of his life.