We discover in the gospels a groundwork of vulgar ignorance, of things impossible, of superstition, fanaticism and fabrication .

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.

Even the most broad-minded of us can embrace only that part of truth into which our own snout has blundered.

Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.

Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest.

I don't think it's natural for two people to swear to be together for the rest of their lives.

Distance makes everything beautiful.

And fools who came to scoff remain'd to pray.

The person lives twice who lives the first life well

Denounce me for advocating freedom if you can, and I will bear your curse with a better resignation.

What people see as fearlessness is really persistence. Because I am focused on the solution, I don't see the danger.