The minute a thing is long and complicated, it confuses. Whoever wrote the Ten Commandments made 'em short. They may not always be kept, but they are understood.

It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.

Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.

There are three types of men in the world. One type learns from books. One type learns from observations. And one type just has to urinate on the electric fence himself.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

What would we say if the Chinese sent a gunboat with their marines up the Mississippi River claiming they were protecting their laundries in Memphis?