The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

Don't fight forces, use them.

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

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

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.