We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.
All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, "How is the president?"
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
A fool and his money are soon elected.
A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.
This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.