Labor in this country is independent and proud. It has not to ask the patronage of capital, but capital solicits the aid of labor.

There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.

If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest

The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.

Life is more fun if you play games.

Hope is expectant longing.

something about giving himself over to a woman was worse than having lunch with the devil...

Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.

The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.

The pathos of it all is that the America which is to be protected by a huge military force is not the America of the people, but that of the privileged class.

Hearing my songs in public freaks me out a bit. There was one restaurant I really liked in L.A., but I had to stop going there when they started playing my music. It felt kinda awkward.

Children are wickeder than adults, they have no sense of restraint.

I will always appreciate 'American Idol,' and I never forget about where I come from.

Managers tell you where you are, leaders tell you where you're going.