May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not.

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.

The law is the only sure protection of the weak, and the only efficient restraint upon the strong.

Church and state should be separate, not only in form, but fact - religion and politics should not be mingled.

Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom.

The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust.

The nourishment from barbecue is palatable.

It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.

Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom. Our own free institutions were not the offspring of our revolution. They existed before.

Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other.

God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil ... and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution.

the greatest Americanshave not been born yetthey are waiting patientlyfor the past to die

I can complain because rose bushes have thorns or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. It's all how you look at it.

I think if actors don't think of themselves as funny in real life they think they can't do comedy.

Step by step, heart to heart, left right left. We all fall down like toy soldiers. Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win.

People in Washington need to put their feet in the shoes of working Americans.

One should believe only what can be chosen to be true or just. Irrational (or unjustified) beliefs should be avoided because they can have disastrous practical consequences.

BLASPHEMOUS REVERENCE. Acting on the knowledge that the most efficacious form or devotion to the Divine Wow is tinctured with playful or mischievous behavior that prevents the buildup of fanaticism.

Just because I’m resisting the wine doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate the bouquet.

Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet.

Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it.