“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.”

They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they’d make up their minds.

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people’s idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.

My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.

A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.

Don’t interrupt me while I’m interrupting.

If you find a job you love, you’ll never work again.

As a Christian, I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.

In my view, aiming at simplicity and lucidity is a moral duty of all intellectuals: lack of clarity is a sin, and pretentiousness is a crime.

Voting is the most powerful right of every citizen and it is our duty to exercise our vote.

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

Everyone has to have a sense of duty. A duty to society, to their family. I mean, you name it.

It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.

The first duty of a revolutionary is to be educated.