The law is reason, free from passion.

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

Our conscience is like an alarm bell.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

Those who know how to think need no teachers. 

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.

Dictators are the most insecure people on earth.