There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

Stop changing yourself for the sake of other people. You shouldn't care what strangers think and true friends won't ask you to change.

Never let the thoughts of self-unworthiness re-arrange your prepared passion for failure. You can do it even if others say you can't. But you cannot do it if you tell yourself you can't.

The whole point in moving forward is to leave things behind. Once you look back, you stop moving forward. Understanding this makes you move on easier.

The great act of faith is when a man decides that he is not God.

Before the Beatles, songwriters were very anonymous people and nobody paid any attention to them.

Things need shaking up politically, culturally.

We also have issue oriented storylines which are an examination of an issue, be it ethical or social.

This thing called thinking, just as you think of it, the more you think of it, the best thinking can be NOT to think of it.

Most writers want to share their essay or book much too quickly. Those who accept the pain of hard work and revising are those who get published.

If I dress like a schlump, I think like a schlump and I work like a schlump.