In a progressive country change is constant; ...change... is inevitable.
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
No government can be long secure without formidable opposition.
A precedent embalms a principle.
The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance.
Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.
As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
I repeat...that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people, and for the people all springs, and all must exist.