The aspect of American society is animated, because men and things are always changing; but it is monotonous, because all the changes are alike.

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order.

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions can prove a substitute for common sense and public morality.

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.

I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.

I think my underwear is curling off me like burning paper.

Dream a better dream, an unselfish dream, a dream to make the world a better place, then work to make that dream a reality

Here sir, the people govern.

No man's prayer is acceptable with God whose life is not well pleasing before God.

It’s not easy to ask… asking makes you vulnerable.

There were definitely times I couldn't shower for a full week because I could barely stand, it felt like having all your life sucked out of you.

Wealth that stays to give enjoyment and satisfaction to its owner comes gradually, because it is a child born of knowledge and persistent purpose.

Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support.

I'm 72-years-old. There's not a hell of a lot they can do to me. I will continue to report what I see and what I feel to be true.

I feel like my dating life has become a national pastime, and Im not comfortable providing that entertainment anymore.