All Quotes

My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me. ”

Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority. ”

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others. ”

The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment. ”

None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life. ”

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists. ”

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you. ”

This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty - the cause of humanity. ”

If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education. ”

If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another? ”