Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.

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.

There is nothing more destructive to the human soul than the secrets we keep from each other.

The art of betrayal has not taught me to be bitter, but to not so easily misplace trust.

The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.

Quick: noise made by a dyslexic duck

I guess I'm just a natural warrior.

When twenty years of the Moon's reign have passed another will take up his reign for seven thousand years. When the exhausted Sun takes up his cycle then my prophecy and threats will be accomplished.

There is no man suddenly either excellently good or extremely evil, but grows either as he holds himself up in virtue or lets himself slide to viciousness.

I started understanding that my strength is my gentleness. A leader isn't a dictator, a leader is a servant.

When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only as a kind of divine imagination, we call it genius

Skepticism is not a denial of belief, but rather a denial of rational grounds for belief.