To get the inestimable good that freedom of the press assures one must know how to submit to the inevitable evil it gives rise to.

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.

Ninety percent of writing is about listening.

If you could do anything right now, at this moment, what would you do?”The question was obviously loaded, but the answer was surprisingly simple, “I’d be with you.

It might feel like the end of the world--but it's the beginning of your art.

An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.

Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.

With new jobs, new ideas, and growing confidence that our brightest days lie ahead, Wisconsin is on the move.

The thing for me is I never had this burning desire to do a solo record my whole life.

Libraries are our friends.

There’s no reason for you to know all that about me. My memories have never served good to anyone. (Acheron)

I don't care if I have to run 100 times or pass it 100 times, ... Whatever it takes to win is all that matters to me.