Human nature provides sufficient distrust of all that is alien, so that there is no need of any artificial supply.

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.

Knowledge is a potential power when we use it to gain wisdom through reflection and careful actions.

I had never been much interested in Pluto, too many facts and too much isolation.

OK, so the guy is cool, but... I mean own up, this is barking time, this is major lunch, this is stool approaching critical mass, this is... this is... total vocabulary failure!

The great thing about unrequited love is it's the only kind that lasts.

Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.

Love is everything it's cracked up to be

If you have many desires your life will be interesting.

for 100,000 (dollars), you [can] flatten a house with a wrecking ball. Imagine how much less it [takes] to destroy something than it [does] to build it in the first place.

Herman Brown was a businessman who wanted value for money spent. His relationships with politicians were measured by that criterion.

People are irrelevant. They're as irrelevant as many other prominent leftists are.