“I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.”

Men are not put into this world to go the path of ease, they are put into this world to go the path of pain and struggle.

A man’s rootage is more important than his leafage.

I am the friend of peace and mean to preserve it for America so long as I am able. No course of my choosing or of their (nations at war) will lead to war. War can come only by the wilful acts and aggressions of others.

You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand

We grow by our dreams.

If you’ve made up your mind you can do something, you’re absolutely RIGHT.

It does not become America that within her borders, where every man is free to follow the dictates of his conscience, men should raise the cry of church against church. To do that is to strike at the very spirit and heart of America.

The cure for bad politics is the same as the cure for tuberculosis. It is living in the open.

You cannot tear up ancient rootages and safely plant the tree of liberty in soil that is not native to it.

Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.

Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.

Today’s greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.

To do things today exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking.

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

We have beaten the living, but we cannot fight the dead.

This was not after all a conventional war, a struggle between equally predacious powers; it was a war to end all wars.

I don’t care if the whole world is against you or teasing you or saying you are not gonna make it. Believe in yourself, no matter what.

I’ve been fortunate to have caring and loving parents, who gave me the freedom to fly and chase my dreams.

Take care of the small circle around you. When you have succeeded with them, then move outwards, one small step at a time.

I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.

People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.

I’m scared that every girl I care for will find a better man and end up happier in the long run.

I don’t care about anyone, and the feeling is quite obviously mutual.