The protection of our citizens, the spirit and honor of our country, require that force should be interposed to a certain degree.

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.

I’ll be your friend in daylight. I’ll treat you as a comrade in every gas-lit ballroom. But alone, under moonlight, I’ll not pretend that I want you for anything but mine.

I am passionately interested in understanding how my country works. And if you want to know about this thing called the United States of America you have to know about the Civil War.

For me, I'm more of a songwriter than a guitar player or singer. And not having things to work on was really kind of nice.

You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went, you can curse the fates, but when it comes to the end, you have to let go.

I travel backwards and forwards quite a lot. I live very near to the train station. I'm kind of playing at being an expatriate, I suppose.

One person's trauma is another's loss of innocence.

More people need to inhabit this world.

I always fish out antique ideas, very old ideas.

Prudence is one of the virtues which were called cardinal by the ancient ethical writers.

Whether I'm single or in a relationship, I'm the same person. The same human being.