He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life’s July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.

I rebel; therefore I exist.

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.

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

If we all can persevere, if we can in every land and office look beyond our own shores and ambitions, then surely the age will dawn in which the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved.

The right of conquest has no foundation other than the right of the strongest.

Since men are neither omniscient nor infallible, they must be free to agree or disagree, to cooperate or to pursue their own independent course, each according to his own rational judgment. Freedom is the fundamental requirement of man's mind.

I have said that the Declaration of Independence is the ring-bolt to the chain of your nation’s destiny; so, indeed, I regard it. The principles contained in that instrument are saving principles. Stand by those principles, be true to them on all occasions, in all places, against all foes, and at whatever cost.

If there is anything in the world a person should fight for, it is freedom to pursue his ideal, because in that is his great opportunity for self-expression, for the unfoldment of the greatest thing possible to him.

Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence.

Why has government been instituted? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason & justice without constraint.

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

Anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, now that's the real test.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not everyone's greed.

I am more interested in the return of my money than I am with a return on my money.

The man who earns a million, but destroys his health in the process is not really a success.

Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.

Let me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.

Oh! poverty is a weary thing, 'tis full of grief and pain; it keepeth down the soul of man, as with an iron chain.

Beware of over concern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.

In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is. waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.

If you compromise your own conscience, you will weaken your conscience. Soon your conscience will fail to guide you and you never will have real wealth based on peace of mind.

The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bond together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship.

If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.

A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world.

Silver and gold I have none; but such as I have give I thee.