I would much rather be found guilty of making a serious mistake in judgment, than to be accused of being even a little bit insincere.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.

Try and fail,but don't fail to try.

The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.

Whoever tells the best story wins.

I inhabit a weak, frail, decayed tenement; battered by the winds and broken in on by the storms, and, from all I can learn, the landlord does not intend to repair.

America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.

I have to study politics and war so that my sons can study mathematics, commerce and agriculture, so their sons can study poetry, painting and music.

The Sermon on the Mount commands me to lay up for myself treasures, not upon earth, but in Heaven. My hopes of a future life are all founded upon the Gospel of Christ.

I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.

Focus on the win and you lose the battle, focus on the battle and you win.

Let him then have powers commensurate with his utmost possible need, only let him be held strictly responsible for the exercise of them. Any other course would be injustice as well as bad policy

Doubt unmasks the lie and illuminates the dark path to truth.

I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists.

When it comes to political engagement, I'm not a politician - I'm an engineer.

I refuse to let past bruises cover the light. It ain't all good, but it's all good enough so I know I'm alright

But what is worse, smelling the roast and not feasting, or not smelling the roast at all?

I've always been pretty happy with my style. I've been wearing tapered jeans since 1980 something.

Hard work opens doors and shows the world that you are serious about being one of those rare - and special - human beings that uses the fullness of their talents for the highest and the very best.