Der er ingen fornøjelse ved ikke at have noget at lave; det sjove er at have masser at lave og ikke gøre det.
En mand med mod udgør et flertal.
Himlen vil ikke være himlen for mig, hvis jeg ikke møder min hustru der.
Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.
Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.
I do not forget that I am a mechanic. I am proud to own it. Neither do I forget that . . . the apostle Paul was a tentmaker; Socrates was a sculptor; and Archimedes was a mechanic.
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.
It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States.
It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.
No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.
One man with courage makes a majority.
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
That book [Bible], sir, is the rock on which our republic rests.
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.