Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

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A little learning indeed may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.

America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.

Everything in the world is about sex, except sex. Sex is about power.

You can fool some people sometimes, but you can’t fool all the people all the time.

Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.

Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it.