Elections to office, which are the great objects of ambition, I look at with terror!

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.

But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three is a Congress.

The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.

If you have nothing, don’t worry. You still have a smile and love to win the world.

Knowing the path to follow doesn't make it a breeze to step along. If every desire were only a skip, hop, and a jump away, we'd all have arrived.

The limb that a person most needs to purify is his tongue.

Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?

What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended.

Travel should rub off Local Prejudices and provide an enlarged and impartial view of Men and Things.

I'm not sure that I'll be able to do everything that I did before.

it's wrong to be right; it's right to be wrong.

Only animals have to satisfy instincts! Surely your aims are somewhat higher than theirs! Than monkeys! Pigs!

Men and women want to do a good job, and if they are provided the proper environment, they will do so