The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat.

The light that shined upon the summit now seems almost to shine at our feet.

The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible.

There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.

Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse.

America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses.

There's not an idea in our heads that has not been worn shiny by someone else's brains.