Though the people support the government, the government should not support the people.

Though the people support the government; the government should not support the people.

The ship of Democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those aboard.

In calm water every ship has a good captain.

Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters.

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

What is the use of being elected or re-elected unless you stand for something?

Unswerving loyalty to duty, constant devotion to truth, and a clear conscience will overcome every discouragement and surely lead the way to usefulness and high achievement.

Above all, tell the truth.

Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote.

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

The worst part of being okay is that okay is far from happy.

The only thing more dangerous than a willingness to ignore the Law is an ability to change it.

The only thing that makes battle psychologically tolerable is the brotherhood among soldiers. You need each other to get by.

There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover’s whisper, irresistible—magic to make the sanest man go mad.

God wants us to live consistently, He wants us to enjoy every single day of our lives.

the whistle of the old steam trains ... could conjure up visions of bleak distances with one solitary wail.

why are we so monumentally slow?

My chronic feelings of emptiness and boredom came from the fact that I was living a life based on my incapacities, which were numerous.

An identity based in the one-way love of God does not take into account public opinion or, thankfully, even personal opinion.