Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.

If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest

The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government.

Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.

Love = Living Onwardly Victoriously Eternally

Empirical sciences prosecuted purely for their own sake, and without philosophic tendency are like a face without eyes.

He who feasts every day, feasts no day.

It's okay to play turtle for a while, as long as you don't get too fond of your shell.

The trouble with the British is that they are not interested in ideas. If Jesus came back today and offered to speak for an hour on British television, they would say, "What! Another talking head?

Christmas is the season when people run out of money before they run out of friends.

To succeed inside a political party, one must cultivate an ability to sit still and remain polite while foolish people speak nonsense

Fight with yourself when you paint, not with the model. A student is one who struggles with himself for order.

That within us which seeks to know and to progress is not the mind but something behind it which makes use of it.

I thank God every day. That's all I can do. That, and try to help all those other guys who are trying to do what I did.