The rights of the people to the exercise and fruits of their own industry can never be protected against the selfishness of rulers not subject to their control at short periods.

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.

The church has never been asked to explain anything, our speciality, along with ballistics, has always been the neutralisation of the overly curious mind through faith.

An artist is like a handicaphe needs his art to carry himself.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Square root of a cosine? How is that ever going to be useful?

In a sense, all murderers are lunatics. Killing is a not a sane reaction to the circumstances of life.

What to do when inspiration doesn't come; be careful not to spook, get the wind up, force things into position. You must wait around until the idea comes.

God doesn’t waste anything for those who are yielded to him.

Practice and practice and practice, and you'll make friends all over the world.

You can bend it and twist it... You can misuse and abuse it... But even God cannot change the Truth.

How did we ever get the idea that God would supply us on demand with quick fixes, that God is merely a rescuer and not a midwife?