The further the departure from direct and constant control by the citizens, the less has the government of the ingredient of republicanism.

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.

For I have always been a seeker, a dreamer, and a ponderer on seeking and dreaming...

We must know, if only in order to learn not to know. The supreme lesson of human consciousness is to learn how not to know. That is, how not to interfere.

You train best where you are the happiest.

Take life on life's terms - one day at a time. And have fun while you're doing it.

We started dying before the snow, and like the snow, we continued to fall.

To a pure heart all hearts are pure.

Power isn't everything ...its the only thing.

Those accept an obligation lightly who feel lightly about letting it drop.

Have you ever noticed that when people use the expression 'I have to say', what follows usually needn't be said?

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.