Behind every argument is somebody's ignorance. Rediscover the foundation of truth and the purpose and causes of dispute immediately disappear.

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.

The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.

Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.

The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.

If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.

It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.

The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

I stood there in the shadowed doorway thinking with my tears. Yes, tears can be thoughts, why not?

If I like myself at this weight, then this is what I'm going to be. I don't have an eating disorder.

To me, the human experience does involve a great deal of anguish. It's joyful, but it's bittersweet. I just think that's life.

Some people have nothing but experience.

You can't just do one of the things, because it won't be enough to combat the climate change that we're already starting to experience. It will only get worse.

I am completely pissed off that I'm circumcised.

In October 2008, when the credit crunch hit, small businesses were really crushed by the lack of capital.

I don't like the word "brand." When I see people creating a brand, it feels disingenuous.

Let's give the historians something to write about

None of us will honor our Heavenly Father and our Savior more than by serving as a devoted, compassionate missionary, "For them that honour me I will honour."