Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.
I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard…we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
The liar’s punishment is not the least that he is not believed but that he cannot believe anyone else.
Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
A coward dies a thousand deaths, the gallant never taste of death but once.