The marketplace is democratic.

An Athenian citizen does not neglect his state because he takes care of his own household; even those of us who are engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics. We do not regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs as harmless. We do not say that such a man 'minds his own business'. Rather we say he has no business here at all.

A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

Instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling block in the way of action, we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all.

For grief is felt not so much for the want of what we have never known, as for the loss of that to which we have been long accustomed.

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.