There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
The government is us; we are the government, you and I.