Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.

The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character.

I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to the Constitution. By my office - and by personal conviction - I am sworn to uphold that tradition.

A perpetual conflict with natural desires seems to be the lot of our present state. In youth we require something of the tardiness and frigidity of age; and in age we must labour to recall the fire and impetuosity of youth; in youth we must learn to respect, and in age to enjoy.

Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.

Doing the right thing is not the problem. Knowing what the right thing is, that's the challenge.

If you're not listening, you're not learning.