My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

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I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

I cannot live without books.

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law, than that he should escape.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past, so that we can live our dreams.

Perhaps the history of the errors of mankind, all things considered, is more valuable and interesting than that of their discoveries.

Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God.