In these sad and ominous days of mad fortune chasing, every patriotic, thoughtful citizen, whether he fishes or not, should lament that we have not among our countrymen more fishermen.

Though the people support the government; the government should not support the people.

The ship of Democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those aboard.

In calm water every ship has a good captain.

Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters.

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

What is the use of being elected or re-elected unless you stand for something?

Unswerving loyalty to duty, constant devotion to truth, and a clear conscience will overcome every discouragement and surely lead the way to usefulness and high achievement.

Above all, tell the truth.

Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote.

I don't wanna change the world, I just wanna leave it colder..Light the fuse and burn it up, Take the path that leads to nowhere..

The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and another...

ALways be careful what you say. You can always say you're sorry, but you can never take back what you said.

None of these devices address that women keep track of many peoples lives, not just their own.

I am neither in the past, nor avant-garde. My style follows life.

If you don't like potlucks, the solution to your problem is "don't go to potlucks," not "insist other people don't have them."

I can't blend in to how everyone else is looking.

Maybe they have nothing else to do in America but to talk about me.

When God saw that people, instead of turning to God, were turning to the medicine cabinet, God made himself available in the medicine cabinet.