Republics exist only on the tenure of being constantly agitated.... There is no republican road to safety but in constant distrust.

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after.

Every man meets his Waterloo at last.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.

The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book, and a tired man who wants a book to read.

The Delta agent saw my itinerary and said, 'You’re flying to Jakarta via Atlanta, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur? You must have really pissed off your travel agent.

I was born at a very early age. As I grew up, I got older... So far though, this is the oldest I've ever been.

Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginnings.

To be well-educated is to have the desire as well as the means to make sure that learning never ends.

Just because something makes you smile or laugh ... doesn't mean it's a joke.

Everybody says "love you" to each other all the time. It's this lovely little safe world.

No matter how important a man at sea may consider himself, unless he is fundamentally worthy the sea will some day find him out.

The No. 20 (Matt Kenseth) broke the pace car speed, which you aren't supposed to, but, they aren't calling guys on that so I need to start trying that in the future.

To me, ideas are worth nothing unless executed. They are just a multiplier. Execution is worth millions.