You need not be proud of me.... I'm only being active till you can be again--it isn't such a great desire on my part to serve theworld and I'll fall back into habits of sloth quite easily!

We will have to want peace, want it enough to pay for it, before it becomes an accepted rule.

Education is the cornerstone of liberty.

Unused ability, like unused muscles, will atrophy.

Franklin's illness...gave him strength and courage he had not had before. He had to think out the fundamentals of living and learn the greatest of all lessons - infinite patience and never ending persistence.

When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted

I have complete faith in the American people's ability if they know and if they have leadership.