The words dripped on my consciousness, sank into my being, and carried me away to the magic long ago of once upon a time.
The melancholy thing in our public life is the insane desire to get higher.
It is a government of the people by the people for the people no longer it is a government of corporations by corporations for corporations
The real difficulty is with the vast wealth and power in the hands of the few and the unscrupulous who represent or control capital. Hundreds of laws of Congress and the state legislatures are in the interest of these men and against the interests of workingmen. These need to be exposed and repealed. All laws on corporations, on taxation, on trusts, wills, descent, and the like, need examination and extensive change. This is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people no longer. It is a government of corporations, by corporations, and for corporations.
Every expert was once a beginner.
To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible.
Must swear off from swearing. Bad habit.
Scandal is the sport of its authors, the dread of fools, and the contempt of the wise.
It's easier to remember your lies if they're close to the truth.
What does Christmas mean if we can't encourage small children to sit on a stranger's lap?
Bravery is a complicated thing to describe. You can't say it's three feet long and two feet wide and that it weighs four hundred pounds or that it's colored bright blue or that it sounds like a piano or that it smells like roses. It's a quality, not a thing.