There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action.

There never has yet existed a wealthy and civilized society in which one portion of the community did not, in point of fact, live on the labor of the other.

I never use the word nation in speaking of the United States. I always use the word Union or Confederacy. We are not a nation but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign States.

Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it.

In looking back, I see nothing to regret, and little to correct.

The defence of human liberty against the aggressions of despotic power have been always the most efficient in States where domestic slavery was to prevail.

The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party.

It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

Beware the wrath of a patient adversary.

The will of a majority is the will of a rabble. Progressive democracy is incompatable with liberty.

I am going insane. Yes. That is what´s happening. Good. Insane.

He could tune her, bringing out her better instincts and filtering out her lesser ones.

It is better to deserve honours and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

When you get a checking account, you should have a savings account, and the number for the savings account should be one off of your checking account.

Whatever the needs of the public are, the government responds to those needs by getting larger.

To win the secret of a weed's plain heart.

I'm living a dream. I hope in 10 years people will know me as a gold medalist.

It's no secret - if you know me, have ever met me or have shared a meal with me - that I'm a passionate environmentalist.

Tell the Earth how much you care, how beautiful she is, and how much you love her. Ask for her forgiveness for having been so careless.

To face one who is extraordinary,I cant allow myself to be ordinary