Gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice.

Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.

There must be no compromise with slavery - none whatever. Nothing is gained, everything is lost, by subordinating principle to expedience.

I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.

With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.

Everyone should be treated fairly no matter what they look like.

No man shall rule over me with my consent. I will rule over no man.

I have a need to be all on fire, for I have mountains of ice about me to melt.

The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.

We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!

You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights.

You were given your life to make it a solution to the problems of the world but it is only through time conversion that you can create that solutions that the world needs.

Living a good life is like flipping pancakes. If you hesitate, it splatters all over the place.

Being our best is asking how can we take ourselves to the precipice of our own limits in any and every situation?

For me, [John Wheeler] was the last Titan, the only physics superhero still standing.

I'd like to find great stories from as many parts of the world as possible.

Unlimited power may be available when two or more people coordinate their thoughts and actions in a spirit of perfect harmony for the attainment of a definite purpose.

This ability to have reliable sources of energy and a reliable transmission of energy here in North America is critical for both of us and for Mexico as we want to keep our economies growing.

If your plane is being hijacked by an armed man who, though prepared to take risks, presumably wants to go on living, there is room for bargaining.

Inner resources are like natural resources; they both dry up eventually when the demands on them are heavy.

Teaching is not filling up a pail, it is lighting a fire.