No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become president. I'm beginning to believe it.

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.

A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate

I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.

I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it.

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

When plan doesn't work do not change the goal, Change the plan ! #beingemployee

Mechanistic thinking focuses on “what, ” and holistic thinking digs into “why.

I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.

No authoritarian leader cedes power easily or turns it over to bodies he cannot control.

I still think about the writers I loved when I was a kid.

My resolution, standing with the vast majority of Americans who know we can and must be safer, is to cede no ground to those who would convince us the path is too steep, or we too weak.

It will not out of the flesh that is bred in the bone.

Everyone has their story. Everyone has issues. You have to face your fears.

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

Now at 47, 48 I am expected to do ten times better work that I did when I was 24.