There is nothing so powerful than truth—and often nothing so strange.

There is only one time that is important—now! It is the most important time because it is the only time when we have any power.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. But experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues.

Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.

Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the sacred hoop of the nation, and so long as the hoop was unbroken the people flourished.

The day will soon come when I will show the world that the transmission of power and speech without the aid of any wires is possible.

Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself.

The resources, advantages, and the powers of the American people are very great, and they have, consequently, succeed to equally great responsibilities.

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors and thieves.

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his or her whole soul.

There is but one thing of real value—to cultivate truth and justice, and to live without anger in the midst of lying and unjust men.

Freedom of information is a fundamental human right...for a nation that is afraid to let its people to judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.

Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.