In religion and politics, people's belief's and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination

There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages.

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old .

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.

Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.

Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.

A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.

Imagine, if you will, that I am an idiot. Then, imagine that I am also a Congressman. But, alas, I repeat myself.

I am always on the side of the revolutionists, because there never was a revolution unless there were some oppressive and intolerable conditions against which to revolute .