In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order.

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions can prove a substitute for common sense and public morality.

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.

I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader

The things that pose the greatest threats to your survival are the most real things.

Yes, this is the only good thing in life: love! To hold a woman you love in your arms! That is the ultimate in human happiness.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.

Inspired questions will bring about inspired answers. Seek for the companionship of the Holy Ghost as you prepare.

Excellence always sells.

Be humble, if thou would'st attain to wisdom. Be humbler still, when wisdom thou hast mastered.

My autobiography is one of the truest, most frankly written books ever published in the western hemisphere.

Strong leaders understand that action cures indecision