From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned. I insist that this shall cease. The country needs repose after all its trials; it deserves repose. And repose can only be found in everlasting principles.
Life is an effort that deserves a better cause.
The general cry is against ingratitude, but the complaint is misplaced, it should be against vanity; none but direct villains are capable of willful ingratitude; but almost everybody is capable of thinking he hath done more that another deserves, while the other thinks he hath received less than he deserves.
At age 50, every man has the face he deserves.
Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.
Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it...Don't allow his anger to become your anger.
If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.