I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
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.
If you must break the law, do it to seize power; in all other cases observe it.
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.
You can’t learn in school what the world is going to do next year.
Fools multiply when wise men are silent.
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.