Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

To be successful you have to be dumb enough to think you can change the world and smart enough to know how.

Because all the monsters have been let out of their cages tonight, no matter what court they belong to. So I may roam wherever I wish until the dawn.

I was about to get a degree in economics when I accepted that I'd be a lousy businessman, and if I didn't give acting a try I'd regret it for the rest of my life.

The Baron, unfortunately, turns it all the way up to eleven." "Seriously? Because, you know, that's one more evil

The idea of duty--that recognition of something to be lived for beyond the mere satisfaction of self--is to the moral life what the addition of a great central ganglion is to animal life.

To go to the White House is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In fact, the building is not that big.

I think Gods wrath and purgatory are the only things keeping me on the straight and narrow. I like the idea of purgatory. Its like a cosmic do-over.

We always cut our poetical theories to suit our talent.

Familial love can find an echo in our own hearts just as it did in that of Charles Dickens.

To become an expert achiever in any human activity, it takes practice... practice... practice.