Self-Deprecating Sayings

Upon the subject of education, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.

I have always been a man of principle, and my principles have always been in the right direction.

I am very anxious to be good, and to do what is right.

I have often been accused of being a cynic. I am not. I am a realist.

Every day, I am more convinced that the only way to save humanity is to eliminate capitalism.

I'm not a natural politician. I don't enjoy shaking hands and making small talk. I'd much rather be reading a good book.

I don't think that when I go to the bathroom, I should have to tell the whole world what I'm doing.

I have been a good deal of a pioneer in my life, and I have found that the only way to get on is to be a little bit ahead of the times.

I have met the enemy, and he is us.

My solution for the country is that I must continue to govern it. I have no other choice.

I am not a killer. I am a patriot.

I am not a communist. I am a nationalist.

The task is to understand myself, to understand what I am to do, to see what God really wants me to do.

I am a man of the word. I believe in the power of words.

We are told that an Indian cannot be made to feel a slight. I confess I have never found an Indian who could not.

I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; and I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason.

The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.

I am an old man, and I have had many troubles, but most of them never happened.

I have been so beset, and so worried, and so torn by the anxiety of this new book, that I have been made ill by it.

I have been so much amused by the present style of female dress, that I am determined to have some of the most ridiculous of my own.