I have been told by an eminent bookseller, that in no branch of his business , after tracts of popular devotion, were so many books as those on the law exported to the Plantations .

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

I walked forward simply because there was no going back.

Flowers are always more serious than they appear.

This high official, all allow, is grossly overpaid; there wasn't any Board, and now there isn't any Trade.

...though nothing is damaged, everything is changed.

I have been tried and condemned without a hearing, and I suppose I shall have to go to the execution.

From someone whose dad buys him a spade for Christmas, I thought you'd be grateful!

Even though Donald Trump has the world shook up, he doesn't have Allah shaken.

You gotta be think'n Sam Adams, not drink'n Sam Adams

We take foreigners to be incomplete Americans -- convinced that we must help and hasten their evolution.

I love women more than anything.