When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

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.

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.

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Do not speak about anyone who is not physically present.

Neither Boncer nor Teddy comes out of the house, not even to watch from the veranda. Here, laying the dead to rest, like washing and feeding and birth, is women’s work.

The nights were mainly made for saying things you can't say tomorrow day.

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

I only wanted to suggest to you that self-sacrifice is a passion so overwhelming that beside it even lust and hunger are trifling.

Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.

I'm about 90 percent vegan. I think veganism is really well suited for training, at least for me anyway.

The less a tourist knows, the fewer mistakes he need make, for he will not expect himself to explain ignorance.

Indeed, when all parties campaign effectively the overall effect is to push up voting rates, as you see in tight marginal seats or close general elections. That must be good for democracy.

I've always been a slave to my heart.