Dependence leads to subservience.

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.

... but we’ll be back for dinner … especially if you’re having soup de jour!”“Now, Troy! You know very well that soup de jour means ‘soup of the day.’ It changes every time!

The very last thing I needed was fire burning through my palms.

The political writer, then is the ultimate optimist, believing people are capable of change and using words as one way to try and penetrate the privatism of our lives.

He's the best prospect I've ever seen.

I wondered why she craved this knowledge and found myself remembering that she was, after all, an anthropologist.

You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion.

Does that really work, converting someone with a bumper sticker? How weak of a mind do you have to have?

Enlightenments, like accidents, happen only to prepared minds.

Everybody's life matters.

Now I get to pick and choose exactly what I want to do.