To give the throne to another man would be easy; to find a man who shall benefit the kingdom is difficult.

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.

Surely what a man does when he is in an uncomfortable situation is the best evidence for the sort of man he is.

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

The people turn to a benevolent rule as water flows downwards, and as wild beasts fly to the wilderness.

Let us resolve to be masters, not victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.

He who fears the sun will not become chief.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

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

Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.

You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his or her whole soul.