I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a lon... - Mark Twain

"Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it."

"Some people get an education without going to college. The rest get it after they get out."

"I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened."

"It is by the goodness of god that in our country we have those 3 unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them."

"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."