Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

She doesn't recognize the number—none of her friends use their phones as phones anymore.

Put your trust in God but be sure to keep your powder dry.

You alone are enough.

I just can't eat without my sunglasses.

I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.

You cannot evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time.

The purer I try to become, the nearer I feel to be to God.

To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.

I don’t have anything against Jimmy Fallon, I love him, he’s a kick...

Every man has a different idea of what's beautiful, and it's best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree.