“The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.”

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.

Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all.

Those who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long.

The only forever I have witnessed in my life is the relationship of love and goodbyes.

How long can the flowers in my garden survive if the sun suddenly disappears?

When I first broke through, there was only NBC, CBS and ABC, and they had news in the morning and in the evening – there wasn’t no 24-hour news.

I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.

Thinkin bout the days we use to be.

You’ll regret the day when I find another girl.

It’s hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember.

People change, things go wrong. Just remember, life goes on.