We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts.... Self-government means self-reliance.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

You must train harder than the enemy who is trying to kill you. You will get all the rest you need in the grave.

I’m afraid of committing myself, ” she thought to herself. She wanted to follow all possible paths and so ended up following none.

I suck their blood, robbing them of life. But each time I do so, it robs me of my soul.

The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars.

Comics are essentially films with fewer frames per second.

Let her go to Italy!" he cried. "Let her meddle with what she doesn't understand!

Doubt is what allows a single gesture to have a heart.

I love composing and writing music and dancing and performing and conceptualizing creatively for visual mediums. I love to create.

What I said was that I was at first supportive of Bernie [Sanders] when he came to Los Angeles for his first rally, I was there, I was supportive.

Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible.