If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? For. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.

Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.

The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.

When there is oppression, the only self-respecting thing is to rise and say this shall cease today, because my right is justice. If you are stronger, you have to help the weaker boy or girl both in play and in the work.

Yes, we've still got more work to do. More work to do for every American still in need of a good job or a raise, paid leave or a decent retirement; for every child who needs a sturdier ladder out of poverty or a world-class education; for everyone who has not yet felt the progress of these past seven and a half years.

We don't need to proselytize either by your speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.