The Puritan did not stop to think; he recognized God in his soul, and acted.

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.

We are all the gods and devils, hiding under the human skin.

I will fight for America till the day I drop.

It's a lot easier when you can share the workload to be honest. Especially if you really, really, trust in each other.

I can't start writing until I have a closing line.

Moonless winter night- a billow of rising fog hides the distant pines

Every story starts with an idea, but it is the characters that move this idea forward.

Once a changemaker, always a changemaker but only a few swim against the tide.

Being turned into a lizard can really mess up your day.

I like to fill my tub up with water, then turn the shower on and act like I'm in a submarine that's been hit .

...following Mrs. Roosevelt in search of irrationality was like following a burning fuse in search of an explosive.