As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

Appreciate all the wonderful things in life

It is through justification of one's actions that a completely guiltless life is possible.

Read and Re-Read--"Re-reading, we always find a new book.

I knew the way lost hopes could be dangerous, how they could turn a person into someone they never thought they'd be.

Only a catastrophe gets our attention. We want them, we depend on them. As long as they happen somewhere else.

The soldier is willing to give their life, perhaps for someone they never even met in their country. That's a very high love.

If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own

When I was young, I would go to the races and it was an unbelievable feeling when you'd watch them race.

I don't know kid, there are so many places they could hide.

There is only one good. And that is to act according to the dictates of one's conscience.