It is our talents rusting unused within us that secrete the poison of self-doubt into our bloodstream.

Language was invented to ask questions.

The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready is he to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.

The sense of inferiority inherent in the act of imitation breeds resentment. The impulse of the imitators is to overcome the model they imitate.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.

A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.

It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it.