No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.

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.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

Humiliate your enemy is dangerous.

Let us be silent to listen to the heart's songs of eternity. Let us be kind to feel the beauty of tranquility. Let us vanish to belong and be nothing.

Constant success shows us but one side of the world adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

Maybe now people will give a man credit where credit is deserved. Roy Jones was beaten by a better fighter period. I'm one of the best in the world.

I've made my share of mistakes, but had the good fortune to have them not be so public.

Words themselves are the intimate attire of thoughts and feelings.

When you try to convince yourself that something doesn't bother you, it usually bothers you more.

I've been betrayed a lot of times in life. I think everybody's been.

Don't give in to hate - it puts you off balance