Madness does not govern a country; discussion does.

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

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to that point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special...

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.

Never cross a man, not afraid to die.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break, our bonds of affection.

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.

With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarters, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism… The one absolutely certain way of brining this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

Peaces comes from within. Do not seek it without.