Notable Quotes
“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.
But I repeat myself.”
—Mark Twain
“If you’re going to worry about what people say, you’re never going to make any progress.”
—Joseph Murray
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
The slogan ‘Press On!’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
—Calvin Coolidge
“During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been leveled against us,
charged with whatsoever its licentiousness could devise or dare.
These abuses of an institution so important to freedom and science are deeply to be regretted,
inasmuch as they tend to lessen its usefulness and to sap its safety.”
—Thomas Jefferson
"We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did
but we are all responsible for what somebody else did"
—Thomas Sowell
"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts,
not to overthrow the constitution but to overthrow the men who prevent the constitution."
—Abraham Lincoln