Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character give him power.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.
I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
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.
No real change in history has ever been achieved by discussions.
No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.
For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.