Perhaps there is no more important component of character than steadfast resolution.

The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on the conservative side.

A leader is an average, everyday person who is highly motivated.

Black care rarely sits behind the rider whose pace is fast enough.

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.

We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.