Posterity will call you the great emancipator, a more enviable title than any crown could be, and greater than any merely mundane treasure.

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart, and not merely with his lips, follow me.

Necessity does not submit to debate.

Let him who loves his country in his heart, and not his lips only, follow me.

I insist that men shall have the right to work out their lives in their own way, always allowing to others the right to work out their lives in their own way, too.

A bold onset is half the battle.

Let those only return to their homes who are called by the imperative duties which they owe to their families, and those who by their glorious wounds have deserved the credit of their country.

If these hands, used to fighting, would be acceptable to His Holiness, we most thankfully dedicate them to the service of him who deserves so well of the Church and of the fatherland.

Man created God, not God, man

I utter this word with deepest affection and from the very bottom of my heart.

Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

The restless adventurer within me stands eye-to-eye with the fear that has stepped directly in my path. And the thing I absolutely must not do is to blink first.

What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

The reason I got into acting was the audience is right there and if you did something great they were right there and you knew it.

I don't believe in God, but I believe in angels.

We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.

Animals never worry about Heaven or Hell. Neither do I. Maybe that's why we get along.

Canada has always been ready for the truth. I think they actually appreciate a politician or anybody as a leader who tells the truth.

Dressing up is like therapy; I feel better in myself when I've made an effort.

Good name in man and woman is the immediate jewel of their souls.

If things do not change, there will be nothing left to change. Either power must pass to the people or everything will perish.