The attempt to silence a man is the greatest honor you can bestow on him. It means that you recognize his superiority to yourself.

An anti-Semite used to mean a man who hated Jews. Now it means a man who is hated by Jews.

It can be exalting to belong to a church that is five hundred years behind the times and sublimely indifferent to fashion; it is mortifying to belong to a church that is five minutes behind the times, huffing and puffing to catch up.

Need' now means wanting someone else's money. 'Greed' means wanting to keep your own. 'Compassion' is when a politician arranges the transfer.

It's I politics that men are always aggravating the hopeless tangle of their laws, obscuring the simplest principles and making a mockery of liberty.

The hypocrite recognizes the honest man as his deadly enemy.

All in all, the framers would probably agree that it's better to impeach too often than too seldom. If presidents can't be virtuous, they should at least be nervous.