Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular gift in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

You show me a politician with his heels ten feet in the air, and by Judas priest, Ill show you an honest politician.

The only kind of love worth having is the kind that goes on living and laughing and fighting and loving.

When one man says, “No, I won’t,” Rome begins to fear.

A man doesn't say I will starve myself to death to keep from starving, or that he'd spend all of his money to save money. Why should he be willing to die for the privilege of living?

Bankers, nepotists, contracts and talkies: on four fingers one may count the leeches which have sucked a young and vigorous industry into paresis.

The only interesting thing that can happen in a Swiss bedroom is suffocation by feather mattress.

There are plenty of laws to protect guys' money even in war time but there's nothing on the books says a man's life's his own.

If I were dead and buried And I heard your voice, Beneath the sod My heart of dust Would still rejoice.

An animal can learn to fight, but to sing beautiful things and make people believe them.

Every day is precious. You will never live THIS day again. It is ONE event in human history. Why not make it count? Time is a nonrenewable resource.

Thank God I found the GOOD in goodbye

If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own.

Neutrals and lukewarms do not make history.

I think a snob would be a person who thinks he is entitled; he has good things in his life and is entitled to them.

A big book is a big misfortune.

Appreciate your surroundings and be grateful for it and that's when good things happen.

There seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural.

The pain cleared my vision, and once it was taken away, I realized just how much I'd been relying on the endorsement of others to make me feel like I mattered.

There's nothing so aphrodisiacal for a woman as money and success.