Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works of mercy, which are infinitely greater.

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Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves -...

Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves -...

The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose.

The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose.

The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people...

The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people...

Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times,...

Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times,...

Freedom is strangely ephemeral. It is something like breathing; one only becomes acutely aware of...

Freedom is strangely ephemeral. It is something like breathing; one only becomes acutely aware of...

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They...

I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They...

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

Is it not strange that the descendants of those Pilgrim Fathers who crossed the Atlantic...

Is it not strange that the descendants of those Pilgrim Fathers who crossed the Atlantic...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

A man should never put on his best trousers when he goes out to battle...

A man should never put on his best trousers when he goes out to battle...

Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.

Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.

Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment...

Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment...

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the...

There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the...

We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything,...

We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything,...

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect...

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect...

There are two freedoms; The false, where man is free to do what he likes;...

There are two freedoms; The false, where man is free to do what he likes;...