Without slavery the rebellion could never have existed; without slavery it could not continue.

I will prepare, and someday my chance will come.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

What does the Lord God requires of us:To love what is good.To do justice.To do what is right.

I lost my father this past year, and the word feels right because I keep looking for him. As if he were misplaced. As if he could just turn up, like a sock or a set of keys.

Without stories, we’d have even more trouble recognizing what’s real.

It's not what you do but that kind of job you do that makes the difference.

'Look Daughter, and learn how to love' and He showed me His five open wounds.

Not much touches us, but we long to be touched. We lie awake at night willing the darkness to part and show us a vision.

You grow up Latin in this country and you're a third class citizen from the word go, and so you have to deal with everything around you from that point of view and trying to feel entitled.

The child, in fact, once he feels sure of himself, will no longer seek the approval of authority after every step.

In Washington journalists can afford to live almost as well as people who work for a living.

It's more important to do the right thing than to do things right.