That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.

Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.

When everything has to be right, something isn't.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

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

Quitting is leading too.

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.