No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order.

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions can prove a substitute for common sense and public morality.

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.

I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.

Never step on caterpillars, as one day, they'll become butterflies and you'll never know when you'll need a ride on their wings of fortune.

You still awake?' asked the anesthetist.'Nope, ' I replied.

We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes.

Your ego decides the humanity in you...Higher the ego lesser the humanity....

Don't go to sleep doused in hatred.Instead go to sleep snuggled in love.

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Are you a thinker, a doer, or a clutch player? The better you are, the greater potential for influence you will have with your people.

We say that God is true; that the Constitution of the United States is true; that the Bible is true; and that the Book of Mormon is true, and that Christ is true

Never Let Anyone Come to You Without Coming Away Better and Happier

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.