The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character give him power.
I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day, and I will always defend their right to do so.
If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.
My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.
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.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.
Revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.
You don’t lead by hitting people over the head—that’s assault, not leadership.