Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
You can’t learn in school what the world is going to do next year.
I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day, and I will always defend their right to do so.
Political tyranny is nothing compared to social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies government.
My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Courage is not having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.
You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.
If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.