When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

Appearances matter and remember to smile.

Action expresses priorities.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few