The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order.

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions can prove a substitute for common sense and public morality.

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.

I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.

Act like you have a lot of venom inside you, but never inject them into anyone.

I bet you to believe me when I say again that we do not need a great house, Sarah. We only need a great love.

What of the souls already released from their bodies? We believe that they are overwhelmed in that vast sea of eternal light and of luminous eternity

Maybe the best definition of what a great partnership or great love is when people make each other grow in a better direction than they would have grown on their own.

One of my mottos is flaunt what you've got left.

I'm a true-crime addict. It's not something I'm particularly proud of, but I can't stop.

We've been sold a concept of joy through advertising. It was somehow sold to us through a Gucci bag or something.

Fantasizing about the future is one of my favorite pastimes.

We all have our limitations, but when we listen to our critics, we also have theirs.