The Transcontinental Railroad Act is the first step in creating a continental common market.
Pleasure and pain are the only springs of action in man, and always will be.
No nation has reason to regard itself superior to others by virtue of its innate endowment.
Education made us what we are.
To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or knaves.
The degree of genius necessary to please us is pretty nearly the same proportion that we ourselves have.
Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil.
In England and Europe, we have this huge music called ambient - ambient techno, ambient house, ambient hip-hop, ambient this, ambient that.
Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth.
A vision and strategy aren't enough. The long-term key to success is execution. Each day. Every day.
I think unionization is good public policy. I think when families secure their economic future, that's good for everyone.