I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.

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

Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

We tend to get what we expect.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

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.

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees

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