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

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.

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

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.

For a moment, it was almost as if they were friends again.

You can never lose anything. You only gain the moment of beauty like a bud transforms into a flower.

No place is ugly to those who understand the virtues and sweetness of everything that God has made.

Do you know what the greatest test is? Do you still get excited about what you do when you get up in the morning?

Burning logs can carry on quite a conversation! ... Have you ever heard apple wood talking? It's the most loquacious of all. You really can't get a word in edgeways.

My brothers and sisters all sang, too, and they all have good voices.

I know it's not very masculine to say the moon is beautiful...but it is!

It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.

Enthusiasm is the way you trigger other people's emotions so they instinctively help and support you.

The crux... is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing.