In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance

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.

This is what I call life: a woman to love, a job to do, and a cause to fight

If ants had nuclear weapons, they would probably end the world in a week.

The United States is historically a nation of immigrants.

A father's and a mother's age must be borne in mind; with joy on the one hand, fear on the other.

When I hear Hillary Clinton talking about what she is planning to do, why hasn't she done it for the last 30 years?

Knowledge, having irritated and stimulated our appetite for power, will lead us inexorably to our ruin.

Going to war is an easy decision.

I grew up on Lake Michigan during the PCB explosion, and I remember seeing the sick, dead fish with tumors, the weird deformed seagulls, the scum and the filth floating. We couldn't go swimming.

Corporations are "worms in the body politic"