Category: Various quotes

Why do you think that at 67 I would start a career as a dictator?

Youve got to be optimist to be a Democrat, and youve got to be a humorist to stay one.

Four sentences summarizing the lessons of History

What a sublime doctrine it is, that goodness cherished now is eternal life already entered on!

I was known as the chief graverobber of my state.

We do not live for idle amusement. I would not run round a corner to see the world blow up.

He disdains all things above his reach, and preferreth all countries above his own.

The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.

We aimed far and high, but we did not miss the mark.