It was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution

Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.

Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

All change comes from deepening your understanding of the salvation of Christ and living out the changes that understanding creates in your heart.

Im 5 ft 1 ½. That bonus ½ is just as important because every little bit matters

Leaders are readers, and readers are leaders.

Democracy, with its promise of international peace, has been no better guarantee against war than the old dynastic rule of kings.

Sure God's all powerful, but does he have lips?

Like Nietzsche, I believe that without music, life would be a mistake. Nothing but silence says it better.

Prediction, not narration, is the real test of our understanding of the world.

No, no. It's always a good time for you to call, Roza.

Ginnifer Goodwin said it very well - we're not doing the Hall Of Presidents at Disneyland. This is my interpretation of [J.F] Kennedy.

Fortunately during my career I have won more or less everything, so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation.