Is it possible to be anything in this country without being a politician?

It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.

The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought.

The atonement of Jesus Christ is the only remedy and rest for my soul.

The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.

As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it.

No evil can result from its [slavery's] inhibition more pernicious than its toleration.

I shall tread in the footsteps of my illustrious predecessor.

Most men are not scolded out of their opinion.

Between Russia and the United States sentiments of good will continue to be mutually cherished.

There is but one reliance.

I must not imagine what is ‘not’ as a means of escaping what ‘is’. Rather, I must understand what ‘is’ and imagine how I can make it what it is ‘not’.

...just because someone is a loner, it doesn't mean they’re alone. And just because someone is alone, it doesn't mean they’re lonely.

Here was the greatest and most moving chapter in American history, a blending of meanness and greatness, an ending and a beginning. It came out of what men were, but it did not go as men had planned.

The drug culture has shaped at least one major change since the Sixties; It became the basis for overloading our prisons.

No country can get ahead when it leaves half of its people behind.

Have people that listen to you and that you listen to. Helping other people is an amazing means of getting out of yourself, being available to people who are in pain or need help, being connected.

We're a team, and just by the nature of our sport, we're always promoted together. I think we are definitely two different people with two different personalities, but we're always linked.

There are thousands of paths to God and every one gets you there.

But since everything and anything are always possible, the miraculous is always nearby, and wonders shall never, ever cease.

Find people who think like you and stick with them. Make only music you are passionate about. Work only with people you like and trust. Don't sign anything.