I never refused my help to any person black or white; and I liked the office nonetheless because there were neither fees nor salary connected with it.

My agency in promoting the passage of the National Banking Act was the greatest mistake of my life. It has built up a monopoly which affects every interest in the country

True Democracy makes no enquiry about the color of the skin, or the place of nativity. Wherever it sees a man, it recognizes a being endowed by his Creator with original inalienable rights

The way to resumption is to resume.

The law of the Creator, which invests every human being with an inalienable title to freedom, cannot be repealed by any interior law which asserts that man is property.

No nation can be strong except in the strength of God, or safe except in His defense. The trust of our people in God should be declared on our national coins.

States Rights died at Appomattox.

The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union composed of indestructible States.

The legal tender quality [of money] is only valuable for the purposes of dishonesty.

How wrong it is for those who love, not to express their love.

All men are born equally free.

Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians.

There is no limit to the amount of intelligence invested in ignorance when the need for illusion runs deep.

But all of us, in some way, reflect an image of God-of who He is. So who's to say what's right or what's wrong about how we look?-Twila

It is difficult to admonish Frenchmen. Their habit of mind is unfavorable to preachment.

Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters.

Stop wasting time in playing a role or a concept. Instead, learn to ACTUALIZE YOURSELF, your potential.

If you think people are dumb, you'll spend a lifetime doing dumb work.

The beautiful memories of tofu from when I was young

So much of how you look at yourself in the mirror reflects how you feel about yourself, and how you comport yourself.

Handling a painful situation in a comedic way is truly the funniest. That is extremely real to me and not kind of clownish. There is a thin line though; you can't overdo it.