Although only a few may originate a policy, we are all able to judge it.

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.

Better die standing than live kneeling.

The whole earth is the tomb of heroic men and their story is not given only on stone over their clay but abides everywhere without visible symbol woven into the stuff of other mens lives.

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all.

If Athens shall appear great to you, consider then that her glories were purchased by valiant men, and by men who learned their duty.

She is best who is least spoken of among men, whether for good or evil.