A living thing is born.

Never for a moment have I had one doubt about my religious beliefs. There are people who believe only so far as they can understand--that seems to me presumptuous and sets their understanding as the standard of the universe.

America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us...

Surely a man has come to himself only when he has found the best that is in him, and has satisfied his heart with the highest achievement he is fit for.

You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.

Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.

...I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.