Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven's wonders.

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.

The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.

Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.

The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.

If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.

It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.

The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

Ambition: it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.

Hurt, he'll never be hurt--he's made to hurt other people.

Much in sorrow, oft in woe, Onward, Christians, onward go.

Im always suspicious of people who repent of other peoples sins.

Spiritual experiences are like mist, they will evaporate.

She longed to throw something at him. A chair. Herself.

If you stay in this business long enough, you're liable to hit it big.

You can say I'm not the easiest architect in the world, because I'm always trying to push the limits.