Ours is a government of liberty by, through, and under the law. A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

In bluntest terms, art museums risk being commercial institutions in which art is subsumed by economics and the experience of looking at art becomes a form of consumption.

Never fear to make mistakes

Time teaches all things to him who lives forever but I have not the luxury of eternity.

And the best and the worst of this is That neither is most to blame, If you have forgotten my kisses And I have forgotten your name.

I don't call my people fans, I call them believers, because they go above and beyond.

Why cannot one always do, not only the right thing, but at the right time?

The expressive techniques of painting are capable of conveying an analogy but not an impossible photograph of a moment.

You ever love somebody so much You can barely breathe When you’re with them

The best of men choose one thing in preference to all else, immortal glory in preference to mortal good; whereas the masses simply glut themselves like cattle.

We are all of us obliged, if we are to make reality endurable, to nurse a few little follies in ourselves.