The second sober thought of the people is seldom wrong and always efficient.

It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.

The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought.

The atonement of Jesus Christ is the only remedy and rest for my soul.

The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.

As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it.

No evil can result from its [slavery's] inhibition more pernicious than its toleration.

Is it possible to be anything in this country without being a politician?

I shall tread in the footsteps of my illustrious predecessor.

Most men are not scolded out of their opinion.

Between Russia and the United States sentiments of good will continue to be mutually cherished.

Philosophy is common sense with big words.

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.

No poem ever bought a hamburger, or not too many.

Can somebody please explain how humans can be so inhumane?

I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after and changed my ideas: they've gone through and through me like wine through water and altered the color of my mind.

That man does not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him.

I started acting without any vocation. I continued out of love.

Obama is defining himself in a way that will destroy him.

Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.

Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.