There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it.

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order.

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions can prove a substitute for common sense and public morality.

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.

I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.

Lord, thank you for the courage to live life.

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.

It was my turn to be silent while a small family of moments crossed my path, single file, from the left, sticking their tongues out at me.

Becoming an actor is like becoming a father. It's not hard to become one. Making a life of it is the challenge.

It's only when you look at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day that you realize how often they burst into flames.

I kinda expected to turn the bottle and see a recipe. "So that's how you make ice cubes. Apparently you just freeze this stuff. Oh, but you need a tray. That's how they trick you into it."

When you're a great finisher, you'll become popular. Joe Louis was a great finisher.

Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation.

Un pesimista ve la dificultad en cada oportunidad; un optimista ve una oportunidad en cada dificultad

The key of 'The Earth from Above,' and of 'Home' is to show the beauty of the planet, and thereby to promote love for it.