Everyone has an influence on public affairs if he will take the trouble to exert it.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

I envy people that know love. That have someone who takes them as they are.

When you are able to identify what drives you, you will be better equipped to draw out your possible options and make the relevant decisions that will help you achieve your goals.

I am the wood frame, the bundle of ox hair, and the creative spark... my value unhangable.

As to science, we may well define it for our purpose as "methodical thinking directed toward finding regulative connections between our sensual experiences".

Faith without challenge is nothing.

It beats me how Freud could say "What do women want?" as if we all must want the same thing.

There was no more dangerous a time in a nation's life than the passing of a ruler when the succession was in doubt.

The squirrel has not yet found the acorn that will grow to the oak that will be cut to form the cradle of the babe that will grow to slay me.

Many people believe that great designers get great clients. It's the other way around.

Good day, fair maidens.