Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

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

I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.

Example is leadership.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.

A leader leads by example, not by force

A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.

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

It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

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.

In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.

Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.