Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

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.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.

Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

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

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes