“To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good.”

All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.

I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.

I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.

The tie of language is perhaps the strongest and the most durable that can unite mankind.

I should have loved freedom, I believe, at all times, but in the time in which we live I am ready to worship it.

Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.

Righteous women in their circle of influence, beginning in the home, can turn the world around.

If I were asked to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of Americans ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply: To the superiority of their women.

The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.

Everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure.

Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.

The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage.

The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.

This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.

The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave.

The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

It’s always good to start the season with a win!

Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.

Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.

I think my desire to always get better, to always want more, to always be my top critic, and accepting the good and the bad.

If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

Fame is like caviar, you know – it’s good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.