A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the [yet] unsolved ones.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

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

Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.

We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God, I hope it never will until that time.

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

Labor is the true standard of value.