Chartacter Quotes

The American dream is back.

It was that which gave promise that in due time

the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men,

and that all should have an equal chance.

This is the sentiment embodied in that Declaration of Independence.

It is essential that there should be organization of labor.

This is an era of organization.

Capital organizes and therefore labor must organize.

I’ve always been a bit of a loner.

A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.

You don’t live in the past,

you live in the moment.

The things I want to know are in books;

my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

Keep your sense of wonder no matter your age.

Big Brother is watching you.

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.

Satire is meant to hurt those who deserve it,

and amuse those who don’t.

Where there is no vision,

there is no hope.

Over grown military establishments are

under any form of government inauspicious to liberty,

and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.

If men were angels,

no government would be necessary.

You can overcome adversity,

but you must work harder than anyone else.

Older people sit down and ask,

What is it?

but the boy asks,

What can I do with it?

The most important thing is to enjoy your life

to be happy—it’s all that matters.

Economic strength gives a nation confidence.