The issuing power [of money] should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.

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.

Character is just an invention, but it's an invention that serves as both reason and justification for our behaviour. - Broken Verses

Large meadows are lovely for picnics and romping, but they are for the lighter feelings. Meadows do not make me want to write.

I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.

I don't want anything to get in the way of me and my singing. I want my mind as clear as possible.

Photography is, for me, a spontaneous impulse coming from an ever attentive eye which captures the moment and its eternity.

You think you want the blue skies, the open road, but really you want the tunnel, you want to know how the story ends.

Of course, everyone wants to be healthy. The amusing thing is no one's really sure how to do it.

I think the ideal way of living is to live like the vast majority of people whom we attempt to serve and represent.

My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians.

My father-he pretty much taught me everything I know. He still pushes me to be the best I can.