The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.

There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.

If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest

The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.

Be the master of thy soul.

Was... That a "you've been a clever boy" kiss? Or... Uh...

What I seek to accomplish is simply to serve with my feeble capacity truth and justice, at the risk of pleasing no one.

I think it's scandalous that we haven't done more to cure cancer.

Faith is like lighting the torch that passes from one person to the next. You can't light the torch of another if yours isn't burning.

The drive to learn is as strong as the sexual drive. It begins earlier and lasts longer

Noble characters and pure affections and happy scenes are very comforting things. They're a refuge from life's disillusionments.

Oh, what thoughts man might have had about the fact that God is in all creatures, and so might have reflected on the power and the wisdom of God in even the smallest flowers!

Just fundamental things - I played guard and I played forward, so you get into a position where you are pivoting out on the court.

Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist the president in adapting and renewing the transnational institutions that were created after World War II.