This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.
The press is easier to strangle than to look in the eyes.
The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property - either as a child, a wife, or a concubine - must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.
Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.
Democracy is an awful way to run a country, but it's the best system we have.
When danger is far off we may think of our weakness; when it is near we must not forget our strength.