Poems List

I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.

Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country. We will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

The government being the peoples business, it necessarily follows that its operations should be at all times open to the public view. Publicity is therefore as essential to honest administration as freedom of speech is to representative government. Equal rights to all and special privileges to none is the maxim which should control in all departments of government.

It is the eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that, where one members suffers, all the members suffer with it.

Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.

When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith.

The injustice done to an individual is sometimes of service to the public.

There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.

The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.

The liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman.

How much easier is it to be generous than just.

The lives of the best of us are spent in choosing between evils.

Sailing was never my thing,

One precedent creates another and they soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was a fact, today is doctrine.

There’s so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

it was clear to me by now that Trevor and the college must somehow be separated. My problem was one which I feel compelled to define with brutal candor: how to kill him without getting into trouble... I had no qualms about causing the death of a fellow from whose nonexistence the college would benefit

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

I went to a Chinese-German restaurant. The food is great, but an hour later you're hungry for power.

Repentance is accepted remorse.

The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two.

We expect everything and are prepared for nothing.

The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick.

One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.