You are not saved by the plan of salvation. You are saved by the man of salvation.
All the friends that I loved and wanted to reward are dead, and all the enemies that I hated and I had marked out for punishment are turned to my friends.
Whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the consciousness that I at least meant well for my country.
The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.
The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.
Our union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war.
I am the last President of the United States!
It's a hard concept for me to wrap my head around to completely sacrifice any sort of love in your life, to never experience that on a personal level.
It's a really crappy feeling to realize that your entire outook on your life can be controlled by some little pill that looks like a Pez, and that some weird combination of drugs can make your brain think it's on a holiday somewhere really sweet when you're standing naked in the middle of the school cafeteria while everyone takes pictures of you. Metaphorically. Or whatever.
when however small a measure of jealousy is mixed with misunderstanding, there is always going to be trouble.
Limited by the world, which I oppose, jagged by it, I shall be all the more handsome and sparkling as the angles which wound me and give me shape are more acute and the jagging more cruel.