the qualifications for self-government in society are not innate. they are the result of habit and long training.

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.

Seriously, that woman is so much crazy crammed into a small space that she's practically a crazy singularity.

It's not an effective protest if it's not pissing people off.

Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism

I'm always excited to try something I haven't done.

I like to sing love songs.

I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.

Perhaps that is what it means to be a father - to teach your child to live without you.

The average American teenager sends or receives 75 text messages a day, though one girl in Sacramento managed to handle an average of 10,000 every 24 hours for a month.

Today's recording techniques would have been regarded as science fiction forty years ago.

I guess truth can hurt you worse in an election than about anything that can happen to you.