Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

A revolution is coming – a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough – but a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability.

I can't see that it's wrong to give him a little legal experience before he goes out to practice law.

There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.... I'm the responsible officer of the Government.

Most cities are nouns. New York's a verb.