I rise early because no day is long enough for a day's work.

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.

The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.

Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.

The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.

If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.

It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.

The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: Frequently there must be a beverage.

I think hearts are very much like glasses - if they do not break with the first ring they usually last a considerable time.

Love consists in this that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

people tell you so much more when they know you're just about to be dead . and then they talk around you, when you are.

Falling in love is like death... they are both facts

Innocence is ashamed of nothing.

Ronnie Barker was a straightforward man who had this extraordinary ability to make the nation laugh

When you are ready to move on or if you come to peace with pain, you’ll find a silver lining.

Another old saying is that revenge is a dish best served cold. But it feels best served piping hot, straight out of the oven of outrage. My opinion? Take care of revenge right away.