I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely approve of the greater house being chosen by the people directly.

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.

What we instill in our children will be the foundation upon which they build their future.

You have immense power--power to overcome, power to achieve, power to possess, and power to prosper, making you incredibly irresistible.

An Important thing : never lie to yourself, for real... worst thing is when you lie to yourself, you just keep doing it and you don't know.

To do it always right, that is what music is to me.

Reason and the ability to use it are two separate skills.

It is time for us to say no, we are not going to backwards, we're going forward into a brighter future.

Perfect is very boring, and if you happen to have a different look, that's a celebration of human nature, I think. If we were all symmetrical and perfect, life would be very dull.

Every Native North American text I've ever grappled with has taught me something important about how to live on the continent where I was born.

Because I gave myself - I left school after the second semester of my junior year to pursue a career in music. and I gave myself five years to make it and I made it in three.

Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs.