He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.
Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.
I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.
A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.
Don't fight forces, use them.
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.
Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.
Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.