Being an example is not a way of influencing others, it is the only way.

A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

The United States of America is the greatest, the noblest and, in its original founding principles, the only moral country in the history of the world.

The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really man it.

Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal considerations should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

He who blames others has a long way to go on his journey. He who blames himself is halfway there. He who blames no one has arrived.

What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness.

All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.