The day is not distant when we must bear and adopt [the abolition of slavery], or worse will follow.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

One person can only lose so much before he starts to realize that he's not strong enough to lose any more.

Love unrequited is violent. He loves you so much that he's turned it into hate.

Sometimes words are not needed, and the simplicity of expressing yourself through an art form is one of the best ways of communication.

I'm having a hard time finding a date. I don't trust any women I meet. I'm very skeptical.

We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities.

There is in my work a very strong religious foreground and background. In the later work some of that tends to diminish, but it's certainly present in the early work.

We've come a long way. Power dressing now is designed to let the woman inside us come through.

I'd like people to be educated on the voting machines, making sure that our democracy isn't being hijacked by computer technology. There's no reason there can't be a paper trail on those machines.

Children need systems that are inclusive and driven by them, systems that will enable them to respond to their feelings and needs at any time.

It is only by doing good to others that one attains to one's own good