The difficulty is no longer to find candidates for the offices, but offices for the candidates.

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.

evil is, after all, only a deficiency of goodness.

There is nothing productive about being busy with the wrong plan of action.

The central fact of North American history is that there were fifteen British Colonies before 1776. Thirteen rebelled and two did not.

Personal privacy is a closely held American value.

The stakes are nary a problem to me, as I do not abide by Sir Isaac's law!

Some things you have to do every day. Eating about seven apples on Saturday night instead of one a day just isn't going to get the job done.

rejected both the appropriateness of an apology and of monetary redress.

Aside from mastery in the fine arts, success in learning anything is the result of genuine interest and amount of energy dedicated to it.

If you fall off track and scarf down an unhealthy meal, that's fine. Eat better the next meal-not the next day.

Since we are [Christ's] body, we too are the bread that is broken for others. Our failures help heal other lives; our very tears help wipe away tears; our being hated helps those we love.