"I cannot watch men of action and remain inactive myself"

"i am a supporter of democracy, yes. but if i were to give my opinion on the whole i'd say democracy trades one tyrant for millions of tyrants"

"whenever someone tells me they hate me i just invite them to the David Johnson hate club, and i'm the president."

"If i have nothing to write i know better than to write"

"in order to stay right with God i must have a revival daily."

"in the history of man the unknown parts of people's lives, the universe, and how we were created always cancels out the known parts of us. that is how discoveries are made."

"words, treaties, and laws are only as powerful as the force behind them"

"teachers are explorers, they take us from the known to the unknown"

"in the end success and failure rests with the individual"

"all great countries will rise and sadly someday fall, ours is nothing new under the sun."