It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

The blacks of this region are a cheerful, careless, dirty, race, not hard worked, and in many respects indulgently treated. It is of course the desire of the master that his slaves shall be laborious; on the other hand it is the determination of the slave to lead as easy a life as he can. The master has the power of punishment on his side; the slave, on his, has invincible inclination, and a thousand expedients learned by long practice... Good natured though imperfect and slovenly obedience on one side, is purchased by good treatment on the other.description of slavery in the South; unsympathetic toward Blacks

William Cullen Bryant, 1843

I had been to school most all the time, and could spell, and read, and write just a little, and could say the multiplication table up to six times seven is thirty-five, and I don't reckon I could ever get any further than that if I was to live forever. I don't take no stock in mathematics, anyway.

Mark Twain

I once feared death. It is said that death begins with the absence of life. And life begins when death is no longer feared. I have stared death in the eye and survived.

Cheryl Kaye Tardif

To be elected president, you have to do more than tear down your opponents. You have to give the American people a reason to vote for you - a reason to hope - a reason to believe that under your leadership, America will be better.

Mike DeWine

My dad used to flush my mother's head down the toilet. I was so screwed up.

Jessica Hahn

It's not who jumps the highest -- it's who wants it the most

Buck Williams

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.

Henry David Thoreau

Success is the child of audacity.

Benjamin Disraeli

There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.

Willie Stargell

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

Henry David Thoreau

Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.

Henry Bolingbroke