A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated.

Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.

The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.

Actions are right in proportion as they promote happiness, wrong as the produce the reverse.

It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights would be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence. . . . I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace, and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty.

Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.

It does not take a majority of prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

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

If we are to achieve richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.

Either you will control your government, or government will control you.

Conscientious objectors to vaccination should stand alone, if need be, against the whole world, in defense of their conviction.

Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society, and made by the legislative power vested in it; a liberty to follow my own will in all things when the rule prescribes not, and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, unknown, arbitrary rule of another man.

Fundamentally, there are only to ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion — the technique of the army and the modern totalitarian state. The other is voluntary cooperation — the technique of the marketplace.

When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you are not saying 'no' to yourself.

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men—the other 999 follow women.

Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then to help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.

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.

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.