Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia.

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.

As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to ignore truth.

Someone once defined humor as a way to keep from killing yourself. I keep my sense of humor and I stay alive.

If it's right and true, it's listened to and accommodated.

Discovery begins by finding the discoverer.

I want people to think about everyone in their life, and their responsibilities to their friends, their families and their country.

He's probably the world's most beautiful looking man, yet he doesn't think he's that gorgeous. And to me, he's just smelly, farty Leo.

It's hard not to want to strangle people when you work with them for four years.

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

I was a kid who didn't have a lot of self-esteem.

The best hemp and the best tobacco grow on the same kind of soil. The former article is of the first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country. The latter, never useful.