The brave man, inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

After eight years as President I have only two regrets: that I have not shot Henry Clay or hanged John C. Calhoun.

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

John Calhoun, if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body.

I was born for a storm and a calm does not suit me.

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

When you get in debt you become a slave.

But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.

We were hooked when we woke.We had arms for each other.But I yearned to resumeMy dreams of another.

I like The Smiths - I would love to do a song with The Smiths, because they are so sonically different.

I wasn't academically successful. And maybe I've spent a lot of my career trying to make up for that.

Deliver me, Tyler, from being perfect and complete.

We are breaking new ground in the territory of dumb with Shooting Fish. Dumb, but in good taste. Silly, but not ridiculous.

And where was happiness if it sprung not from the soil? Where contentment if it dwelt not near to Nature?

I myself have never called what I write anti-poetry. I also think that my poetry should not be only known as the poetry of Ernesto Cardenal but rather as Nicaraguan poetry.

This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper.

World War II proves there's no God.

Now I'm a little hurt. Let me check my tears in the reflection of my championship gold.