One of the dangers of being here [the Senate] a while is you may have been on record directly and diametrically opposed to what one is saying today.
The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man.
People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.
We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.
There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.
You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.
In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity.
Unions have been the only powerful and effective voice working people have ever had in the history of this country.
I'm very romantic, I'm extremely romantic. I date my wife.
Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
A treaty cannot be made which alters the Constitution of the country, or which infringes and express exceptions to the power of the Constitution.