I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens.

I could not sleep when I got on the hunt for an idea, until I had caught it. This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck with me.

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp, and playing my Hohner harmonica.

Honor is better than honors.

The strength of a nation lies in the homes of its people.

It's bad. It's damned bad.