It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. . . . We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love.

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.

Human nature is the same in all professions.

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.

You are a masterpiece of creation.

America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.

Starts out slow and then fizzles out altogether.

There is a higher form of patriotism than nationalism, and that higher form is not limited by the boundaries of one's country; but by a duty to mankind to safeguard the trust of civilization.

It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution this idea of the separation of church and state.

That was the whole point in forming a band. Girls. Absolutely gorgeous girls

There's this other girl called Lykke Li from Sweden - I really want to collaborate with her, that'd be great. Obviously Kanye West as well, and Drake would be pretty amazing.

Secondhand experience breaks down a block from the car lot.