The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents.

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.

In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book.

So the story goes, so I'm told The people he knew were Less than golden hearted Gamblers and robbers Drinkers and jokers, all soul searchers Like you and me

Why do people think being with someone is the answer to everything?

I for one don't want to be ranked among idiots, felons, and minors any longer, for I am none of them.

Do you have to have emotional turmoil to create music? I'm not sure because I've never been without it

Love is not a sentimental attachment to a human being; love is a mode of conduct that comes from the heart.

Conservatives aren't anti-immigrant - conservatives are pro-legal immigration.

Socialist ideology is making France go to pot, and the French language with it.

Everything had felt so precarious since her mother's death, like she was walking on a bridge made of paper.

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.