No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.

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.

But miracles still happen, even if we don't think they do.

She’d forgotten to love, but she also forgot to hate. (about Clara’s mother, who had dementia)

Faith makes the discords of the present the harmonies of the future.

I'm troubled. I'm dissatisfied. I'm Irish.

I know what's like to be young and have atrocious spelling, spelling words all backwards, mixing up numbers, addresses. and things like that.

Do you remember the good ol' days when Congress was only unsafe if you were an intern.

It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.

Never do things that you will regret later.

Can't make chicken salad out of chicken noodle

Falling down became second nature and it really didn't bother me.