There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any successful defiance to the carrying out of court orders.

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.

To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.

Time (again, Time) like the soul, wears many faces, many bodies and climates and attitudes. The past is one face, the present a second and the future yet another.

By all means, become an abomination--but only while unhinged by grief or wrath.

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

Iowa is home to teachers, farmers, lawyers, factory workers, and many others who work hard every day to provide the best for their families and their future.

The Book of Mormon offers so much that broadens our understandings of the doctrines of salvation. Without it, much of what is taught in other scriptures would not be nearly so plain and precious.

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.

Seek the insignificant small but essential qualities, essential to life

Some people are born empty. All manner of good deeds and patience and loving kindness can't even begin to fill them up.

You may say I may be unfit to be mayor. But you can never say I'm an unfit mayor.

Now you'll have to wait for hours in line for medical care instead of immediately not getting any.