Statistics are no substitute for judgement.

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

Let him who elevates himself above humanity . . . say, if he pleases, "I will never compromise"; but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromise.

An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.

The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.

The time will come when winter will ask what you were doing all summer.

It is better to fall short of a high mark than to reach a low one.

Peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must.

I cannot believe that the killing of 2,000 Englishmen at New Orleans qualifies a person for the various difficult and complicated duties of the Presidency.

The glass is neither half empty, nor half full. The glass is just a glass and it's content can perpetually change with your perception.

I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.

I give dating advice on a regular basis. It's not that I'm any expert, but it's always nice to share that with your friends.

If you're going to plan a wedding, then a certain amount of suffering is not a choice.

I don't sense an [Barack] Obama party. I think politics is transactional for him.

Men are irrelevant. Women are happy or unhappy, fulfilled or unfulfilled, and it has nothing to do with men.

Writing for young readers is almost like dipping into a fountain of youth; for hours a day, I am a child again.

You know, the bigger you get and the more success you have, the more people you can fill your house with to tell you how great you are. You can do that.

All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights.

I'd rather have all my questions unanswered and walk with God than not walk with God and have all my questions answered.