“Gods are like people. They believe anything if you tell them right way.”

“Only a real man has the right to stand at the pinnacle.”

“Fallibility in a leader is very trying. Isnt it? They spill so much of other peoples blood.”

“So easy now that Elder Sister has explained to her what all young girls in houses are taughtthat with care and meticulous acting and tears of pretended pain and fear, and the final modest telltale ...”

“Madness is freedom and some may only perceive its Insanity.”

“Happy. Just in my swim shorts, barefooted, wild-haired, in the red fire dark, singing, swigging wine, spitting, jumping, runningthat's the way to live. All alone and free in the soft sands of the b...”

“Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness.”

“Civilisation and the life of nations are governed by the same laws as prevail throughout nature and organic life.”

“So the next day I asked Dan how is it that Bubba can get killed, and what kind of half assed nature law would allow that. He thought about it for a while, and said, 'Well, I'll tell you, Forrest, a...”

“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.”

“There is no friendship in trade.”

“Peace is a natural effect of trade.”

“Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation.”