There is no 'one-size-fits-all' way to build an audience.

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.

A love affair with knowledge will never end in heartbreak.

Inner peace begins when nothing can disturb the calmness of your mind.

Do not undervalue what you are ultimately worth because you are at a momentary disadvantage.

His gaze was like that of the moon, and had a dark side which he never showed to anybody.

You don't get to choose, " Lincoln said. "It's just happening.

Fortunately, Judge Richey's decision was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, but it is an example of how far the purge of Christian values has gone in America.

I gave (pitcher) Mike Cuellar more chances than I gave my first wife.

Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman; it is at once the most beautiful and most brittle of all human things.

Absence of thought is indeed a powerful factor in human affairs, statistically speaking the most powerful, not just in the conduct of the many but in the conduct of all.

A trilogy is a pretty abstract notion. You can apply it to almost any three things.