Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.
A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
When everything has to be right, something isn't.
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.
Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.
I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.
In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
Action expresses priorities.
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.