Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.