I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves

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.

It is the same woman, I know, for she is always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight.

Smart work is also important but it is not replacement for hard work

The worst feeling in life is not being lonely

I'm really excited that I'm able to work again.

I kept talking to my producers at Columbia about recording one of those [prison] shows. So we went into Folsom on February 11, 1968, and recorded a show live.

You can't jump off a cliff when you have already fallen off a bigger one.

We should seek to observe, and then to serve.

We have taught a generation to feast and play but the times demand we fast and pray.

I don't immerse myself in the media narrative every day. I establish my own media narrative, and that's what I live.

I write about rats because they scare the hell out of me. I think we tend to write out our phobias.