I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
Mercy & Compassion0My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
America0You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Laziness, Responsibility0A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
Women0America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
America0If friendship is your weakest point, then you are the strongest person in the world.
Friendship0This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing Government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.
America, Democracy0We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
Enemies, Team0I have found that most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Happiness0The true rule, in determining to embrace, or reject any thing, is not whether it have any evil in it; but whether it have more of evil, than of good.
0Perhaps a man's character was like a tree, and his reputation like its shadow; the shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Character, Appearance0Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Being Silent0if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Humanity, Power, Character0