Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.

In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

Think thousands time before taking a decision but - after taking decision never turn back even if you get thousands difficulties.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

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

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front

More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.