No maxim can be more pernicious than that which would teach us to consult the temper of the times, and to tell only so much as we imagine our contemporaries will be able to bear.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility.

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

The wise man is satisfied with nothing.

The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.

To conceive that compulsion and punishment are the proper means of reformation is the sentiment of a barbarian.

Demons are like obedient dogs

You can say any fool thing to a dog and the dog will just give you this look that says, 'My GOSH, you're RIGHT! I NEVER would've thought of that!

Parents should never have to bury their own children.

Although it may be the easiest, it's not always the best.

If you're not willing to give up everything for Christ, are you willing to be made willing?

Reason is the illusion of reality

If you expect someone else to guide you, you'll be lost.

Hosting a show, even a talk show or a game show, there's so much business you have to conduct. There's so much guiding you have to do.

We are all facing the end one day or another. I say, live a good and prosperous life, make sure your choices count, make them count.

What you do as president has consequences.