Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.

A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.