Idleness begets ennui, ennui the hypochondriac, and that a diseased body. No laborious person was ever yet hysterical.

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.

Don't disrespect me, lie about it, and then come smile in my face and act like nothing's wrong.

Love was always the goal, and my point every step of the way was that nothing is wrong with love, no matter what flavor it comes in.

And the more she could imagine this island, the less she liked the real world. The more she could imagine the people, the less she liked any real people.

Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.

Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much.

There's probably no concept in theology more repugnant to modern America than the idea of divine wrath.

Absolutist morality doesn't have to come from religion but usually does.

Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.

Don't waste time blaming yourself when you can spend time planning how to destroy our enemies.

If you don't trust anyone, they can't let you down.