We have too much legislating by clamor, by tumult, by pressure. Representative government ceases when outside influence of any kind is substituted for the judgment of the representative.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

Underneath this stone doth lie As much beauty as could die.

It's absolutely shameful that Rep. Grijalva would try to use tribes as political pawns to implement the misguided agenda of extremist environmental groups.

Some unanswered prayers are only because God doesn't want to do something for us. He wants to do something through us.

Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.

The trouble is. . .that everybody sneers at restrictions and demands freedom, till something annoying happens; then they demand angrily what has become of the discipline.

"I shouldn't have done that," I said. That was when I kissed him again. May God forgive me for this and all these things I've done.

We are on a journey to keep an appointment with whatever we are.

I have yet to see a successful prediction about the physical world that was inferred or extrapolated from the content of any religions document.

Creating Change - The first step to creating any change is deciding what you do want so that you have something to move toward.

The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.