When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.

A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

A man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.

One of the greatest perils to an extensive republic is the disregard of individual rights.

The economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.

The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.

Doubters do not achieve; sceptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.

What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.

You don't have to explain something you never said.

Money will not purchase character or good government.

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.

The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.

One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.

Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.