People are my religion/Because I believe in them.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

After eight years as President I have only two regrets: that I have not shot Henry Clay or hanged John C. Calhoun.

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

John Calhoun, if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body.

I was born for a storm and a calm does not suit me.

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

When you get in debt you become a slave.

But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.

Do you not think that God will protect us?”“No, ” he said flatly. “My experience is that He rarely attends to the obvious.

Life on earth is considered a miracle, but why is other life in the cosmos a difficult concept?

All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance.

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.

I don't follow politics it doesn't interest me. So why should I vote?

I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.

The most important thing in good leadership is truly caring.

The "end of history" has been proclaimed many times, always falsely.

In spiritual things, this world is all wintertime so long as the Saviour is away.

I recognize now that the conditions that Indians are living in are the conditions that poor people everywhere are living in.