I believe in a graduated income tax on big fortunes, and in . . . a graduated inheritance tax on big fortunes, . . . increasing rapidly in amount with the size of the estate.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

All creatures are capable of darkness, but not all choose to succumb to it.

An important book for our times, in which one woman's determination and refusal to consent sets an example of courage and honesty.

Deception by an omission of the truth is as bad as a lie.

People who have lust in their heart as just as guilty as those who commit adultery.

I take my vacation on the combine and tractor.

Want the thing you've never had? Then do the thing you've never done.

We are linked by our shadows, not by our light.

Cherry trees will blossom every year; But I'll disappear for good, One of these days.

The highest perfection of human life consists in the mind of man being detached from care, for the sake of God.

I taught myself to drive. I hope that the child in me never dies.