The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.

That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.

The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity's sake.

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.

Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.

The liberty to make our laws does not give us the freedom nor the license to break our laws!

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.

We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny.

The path of progress is seldom smooth. New things are often found hard to do. Our fathers found them so. We find them so. But are we not made better for the effort and scarifice?

The more profoundly we study this wonderful Book, and the more closely we observe its divine precepts, the better citizens we will become and the higher will be our destiny as a nation.

I do not prize the word cheap. It is not a word of inspiration. It is the badge of poverty, the signal of distress. Cheap merchandise means cheap men and cheap men mean a cheap country.

A mind of moderate capacity which closely pursues one study must infallibly arrive at great proficiency in that study.

motherhood is the great mesh in which all human relations are entangled, in which lurk our most elemental assumptions about love and power.

Actually, orcas aren't quite as complex as scientists imagine. Most killer whales are just four tons of doofus dressed up like a police car.

And I am a writer, writer of fictions I am the heart that you call home And I've written pages upon pages Trying to rid you from my bones.

Food is exacting. The face is truly a canvas upon which our food choices paint an accurate picture. The body is truly a sculpture, chiseled and polished by our food choices.

I always think before I speak. I'm not the sort who will just say anything that comes to my mind. I'm a very emotional and sensitive person. But I'm also very strong and know my mind well.

Love is a brilliant illustration of a principle everywhere discoverable: namely, that human reason lives by turning the friction of material forces into the light of ideal goods.

Applause, applause, life is our cause.

The world needs an enema.

I am and always will be a catalyst for change.