True consistency that of the prudent and the wise is to act in conformity with circumstances and not to act always the same way under a change of circumstances.

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.

Boredom is probably more frequent and more tormenting if you do not have sight or hands.

Travel is the best teacher. The only way to an open mind is by taking a plane out into the open world.

No amount of love from the outside can make up for the lack of self-love in one's heart.

My hope is in you, Mighty One!

The most important thing about a TV set is to get it back against something and not out in the middle of a room where it's like a somber fellow making electronic judgments on you.

You have the attention span of a large bug, and yet I don't feel good enough about myself to not date you.

We can't retract the decisions we've made, we can only affect the decisions we're going to make from here.

Never apologize for what you feel. It's like being sorry for being real.

The realities of the modern global economy require government to play a substantial role in ensuring the national and economic security of the people.

I think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour.