Without Thomas Jefferson and his Declaration of Independence, there would have been no American revolution that announced universal principles of liberty. Without his participation by the side of the unforgettable Marquis de Lafayette, there would ha...
There is perhaps some hope to be derived from the fact that in most instances where an attempt to realize an ideal society gave birth to the ugliness and violence of a prolonged active mass movement the experiment was made on a vast scale and with a ...
When I see the blind and wretched state of men, when I survey the whole universe in its deadness, and man left to himself with no light, as though lost in this corner of the universe without knowing who put him there, what he has to do, or what will ...
Life itself consists of phases in which the organism falls out of step with the march of surrounding things and then recovers unison with it—either through effort or by some happy chance. And, in a growing life, the recovery is never mere return to...
Simon Graham: You insolent, useless son of a peasant dog! How dare you show your sword in his presence! Do you know who this is? [pointing to Algren] Simon Graham: This is the President of the United States of America! He is here to lead our armies i...
Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
Too often, people get stuck in a state of over-thinking, the result is that they never reach a decision.
...a dream isn't a wish - it's an altered state of consciousness ...
Age is only a state of mind. You are as young as you think.
War is legitimized state-sponsored terrorism in a grand scale.
Something about Texas I'm not proud of is that our state murdered 37 people last year alone.
Fear generates anger, and fear generates violence, and those were part of what built the Saudi state.
The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art.
Hollywood was born schizophrenic. For 75 years it has been both a town and a state of mind, an industry and an art form.
The 150th anniversary of Penn State will highlight what is important and good about this distinguished institution and the fine people and research that it produces.
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being.
It’s a sad state of affairs when I’m the one bringing sanity to the equation
You can't get decent Mexican food in DC.
In the State of Denmark there was the odor of decay...
A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.
