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Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.