I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

Let him who elevates himself above humanity . . . say, if he pleases, "I will never compromise"; but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromise.

An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.

The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.

The time will come when winter will ask what you were doing all summer.

It is better to fall short of a high mark than to reach a low one.

Peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must.

I cannot believe that the killing of 2,000 Englishmen at New Orleans qualifies a person for the various difficult and complicated duties of the Presidency.

People who put principles before people are people who hate people. They don’t much care about how well it works, just about how right it is … they may even like it better if it inflicts enough pain.

No revenge is more honorable than the one not taken.

For a romantic comedy to be three hours long, that's longer than most marriages.

Innovate, don't imitate. Set out to create a culture that is right for your organization, then work at making it happen.

For me, love is the never-ending question. It is confusing. It is the answer, but it is also inundated with contradictions and complications.

Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.

There are people that thinks that type should be expressive. They have a different point of view from mine.

Lucky people create, notice and act upon the chance opportunities in their lives. Being in the right place at the right time is actually all about being in the right state of mind.

The degree to which you will awaken is in direct proportion to the amount of truth you are willing to accept about yourself.

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