Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.
The lady's not for turning.
We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Any cook should be able to run the country.
I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.
Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.
Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.
99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.