The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

I would rather be assassinated than see a single star removed from the American flag.

If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?

A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

You have more of a feeling of personal resentment than I have. Perhaps, I have too little of it, but I never thought it paid.