Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

Appearances matter and remember to smile.

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

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

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

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

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

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

Think thousands time before taking a decision but - after taking decision never turn back even if you get thousands difficulties.

You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.

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

It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.

Votes do not fall from the trees like ripe plums. They have to be fought for.

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.

Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.