If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
A leader leads by example, not by force
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
