Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place.

Slavery always has, and always will produce insurrections wherever it exists, because it is a violation of the natural order of things.

No one is a virgin, because life has screwed us all.

...many organizations don't realize that they have a much better option-they can tell their story directly to an interested market.

You have to know how to read your lie and take a calculated risk when you hit out of the rough.

The face of tyranny Is always mild at first.

When you read the sacred Scriptures, or any other book, never think how you read, but what you read.

had no excuses for the things that we'd done, we were brave, we crazy, we were mostly young.

I never fronted, you can get it if you want it... Won't say I'm the best, but I'm not that far from it.

If Hell were possible, it would be the shortest cut to the highest heaven. For verily God loveth.