The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

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.

When you study history, you're really studying yourself. Every bit of history I've uncovered about my own family has some remnant in myself.

But you must know that only he who fights the darkness within will the day after tomorrow have his own share in the sun.

He just likes to have fun, Papa.""That's not a quality that gets you far in life.

When you turn your back on hypocrisy and do nothing you don’t change the hearts of others you change yours.

People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.

The best gift anyone can give to a friend is to pray for him.

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence, and ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption; all of which facilitate the execution of mischievous projects.

You're so lucky you never had morning sickness. It's horrible. Like a hangover without the good time.

Legends are not born - they are created.

When the subject is strong, simplicity is the only way to treat it.