We must build a new world, a far better world—one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely enjoy exercising authority usually lose it.

Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

Racial discrimination is not a permissible solution... that can only weaken the principle of equality embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the Equal Protection Clause.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the right of the people to peacefully to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. -First Amendment

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any way harmed, nor will we go upon him nor will we send upon him, except by the legal judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.

Liberty only survives when it is defended.

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

In order to enjoy the inestimable benefits that the liberty of the press ensures, it is necessary to submit to the inevitable evils that it creates.

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

When one remains silent in the face of oppression, one is on the side of the oppressor.

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample underfoot. Men are no superior by reason of the accidents of race and color. The are superior who have the best heart—the best brain.

The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.

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

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: "This is my country."

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

Let me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.

You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together.

If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule: never lie to yourself.

No house should ever be on any hill or on anything. It should be of the hill, belonging to it, so hill and house could live together each the happier for the other.

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.

At the center of your being you are the answer. You know who you are, and you know what you want.

The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot.

The clearest way in the Universe is through a forest wilderness.

All limitations are self-imposed.

And God said love your enemy and I obeyed him and loved myself.

Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world, individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever.

Before a man can accomplish anything of an enduring nature in the world, he must first of all acquire some measure of success in the management of his own mind.

The true worth is not to be found in man himself, but in the colors and texture that come alive in others.

We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.

The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness for the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in.

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.