Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

I’m waiting with baited breath to hear that silver tongue of yours.

Self-love is self-care.

Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up.

The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.

Most other documents leaked to WikiLeaks do not carry the same explosive potential as candid cables written by American diplomats.

It's great to have an enemy. Sharpens your senses.

When you give away large sums of money, you can cause as much damage as you may do good.

Most people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks, automatically enroll in the University of Adversity.

Education is not filling the mind with a lot of facts. Perfecting the instrument and getting complete mastery of my own mind [is the ideal of education].

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