I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.

The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.

There ain't no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all.

We have the right as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.

Be sure you are right, then go ahead.

You can all go to hell. I’m going to Texas.

My tongue speak what my heart thinks.

Remember these words when I am dead. First be sure you're right, then go ahead.

It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement. such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles.

I have always supported measures and principles and not men.

I would rather be politically dead than hypocritically immortalized.

Without struggle, success has no value.

Imagination is the greatest solitude

A reactionary revolution is nothing but a high-speed evolution backwards!

An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only.

I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of giants.

swans ... always look as though they'd just been reading their own fan-mail.

We will be victorious, and they will be defeated.

Railways are irresistible bazaars, snaking along perfectly level no matter what the landscape, improving your mood with speed, and never upsetting your drink.

The aim of love is to love. No more, no less.

It's good to find common ground with people. When you find common ground and you see things from other people's perspective, you can have a voice in their lives, you can have an influence.