I must feel the fire of my soul so my intellectual blues can set others on fire.
Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.
[The Bible] is the rock on which our Republic rests.
The Supreme Court has made its decision, now let them enforce it.
The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.
There are only two things I can't give up; one is coffee and the other is tobacco.
Give me a thousand Tennesseans, and I'll whip any other thousand men on the globe!
We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest.
The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter.
A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it. . . . In this way our life should be understood. Then there is no problem.
My drug of choice is historical research.