Revolt is not reform, and one revolutionary administration is not good government.

In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued and caught that we do not fully realize whence the trouble comes.

Keep your baby eyes (which are the eyes of genius) on what we don't know

The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.

Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story.

Morality is only moral when it is voluntary.

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

The only thing worth having in an earthly existence is a sense of humor.

I have seen the future, and it works.

The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.

First in violence, deepest in dirt, lawless, unlovely, ill-smelling, irreverent, new; an overgrown gawk of a - village, the "tough" among cities, a spectacle for the nation.

Tell me, Constantine, who was afraid of what?" There was no sense in answering. No matter what Con said, Ulrik would never admit that he was wrong and Con was right.

Stop longing.You poison today’s ease, reaching always for tomorrow.

Every next level of your life will demand a different version of you.

I'll be happy if I can just stay out of Nebraska.

In some cases, managers and employees have secured pensions beyond their original base salary. It is wrong, the people doing it know it's wrong, and we have to put an end to it.

We are a blessed people and, with God s guidance, our smiles might even become laughter in the not too distant future.

If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.

Against the darkness outer God's light his likeness takes, And he from the mighty doubter The great believer makes.

I grew up on basketball, volleyball, that sort of thing. For me, track and field was a whole 'nother beast.

That's when I feel most alive, he told me once on an airplane, when I'm helping people.