“Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property. Let him be taught to love his family, but let him be taught at the same time that he must forsake and even forget them when the welfare of his country requires it.”

Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.

Terror acts powerfully upon the body, through the medium of the mind, and should be employed in the cure of madness.

Without Virtue there can be no liberty

[W]here there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.

Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.

The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.

Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.

We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.

Without the restraints of religion and social worship, men become savages much sooner than savages become civilized by means of religion and civil government.

I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.

I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.

Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.

Mothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.

A belief in God’s universal love to all his creatures, and that he will finally restore all of them that are miserable to happiness, is a polar truth. . . It establishes the equality of [humanity]. . .

As the War Office of the United States was established in a time of peace, it is equally reasonable that a Peace Office should be established in a time of War.

Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.

Eating healthy and keeping hydrated does wonders; it centers my mood and helps me keep a sharp mind.

When you’re…stepping over a guy on the sidewalk…does it ever occur to you to think, ‘Wow. Maybe our system doesn’t work?’

Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.

I think in China, they know you have to have a solid nationwide plan. It does not help to have a football hotspot in the north or the south.

We have learned by now that our beauty does not count as a possession. The only thing we truly own is our legend.

I’m a fan myself, so when a fan does something that might be strange, I understand it.

I am thorough believer in the American test of character. He will not build high who does not build for himself.

None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.