Nothing betrays imbecility so much as the being insensible of it.

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.

Be inspired to dare great things.

Our greatest illusion is reliance upon the security and permanence of material possessions. We must search for some other coin.

There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so.

One cannot plan for the unexpected.

Poetry, for me, conveys the essence of narrative rather than its particulars.

We are all the President's men.

We are reaching the stage where the problems we must solve are going to become insoluble without computers. I do not fear computers, I fear the lack of them.

We are United States Marines, and for two and a quarter centuries we have defined the standards of courage, esprit, and military prowess.

Diligent accumulation of personal wealth is not inherently ungodly so long as it is complemented by equally diligent distribution of personal wealth.

I exhort and entreat you all, disregard what this man and that man thinks about these things, and inquire from the Scriptures all these things.