Those which we call necessary institutions are simply no more than institutions to which we have become accustomed.

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.

Be joyful and beautiful like a flower

Only an unwise negative minded person would call you 'cheap' for being wise with your money. Don't pay mind to them because they truly don't matter in your life.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

Good design to me is both appearance and functionality together. It's the experience that makes it good design.

At the end of the day, everybody has to take the right decisions for the right reasons.

If you don’t love it, don’t eat it, and if you love it, savor it.

Yale men do not like to be told anything by people who didn't go to Yale. The closest I came to Yale was once I had one of their padlocks.

I'm not going to pay good money to join a club that lets in people like me.

Food doesn't exist, but can only be invented. And reinvented.

Politicians in Washington and Madison aren't hearing, aren't listening to their constituents and prioritizing getting people back to work and growing our economy.