There is no refuge from confession but suicide and suicide is confession.

There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.

If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest

The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.

Either way, he was always staring into a bottomless pit, or into a whirlpool that forever sucked him inexorably inward to its vortex.

It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

I don't think there's a hobby that I haven't tried on.

A good many observers have remarked that if equality could come at once, the Negro would not be ready for it. I submit that the white American is even more unprepared.

I begin to love this little creature, and to anticipate his birth as a fresh twist to a knot, which I do not wish to untie.

You must first be willing to fail — and you must have the courage to go for it anyway.

I get what I desire, it's my empire And yes I call the shots, I am the umpire

Hey, the bait is here. Get in Quebecers, get in the lobster trap, and then we'll close the door. And you'll have a referendum no matter what.

The first day, week and month of an employees experience carries a lasting impression.

Compile your to-do list for tomorrow no later than this evening.