Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.
Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.
You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want.
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.
I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.
Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.
When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.
A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people.
The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic
All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.
Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
