“The cost of freedom is always high.”

Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen.

The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use; of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public.

I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.

Liberty without learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Our task is not to fix blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.

The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the nation’s greatness.

If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.

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.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Not everyone has equal abilities, but everyone should have equal opportunity for education.

Wealth is the means, and people are the ends. All our material riches will avail us little if we do not use them to expand the opportunities of our people.

The best road to progress is freedom’s road.

A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.

Justice at all costs’ is not justice.

It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.

If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.

How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.

I discovered, for the first time but not the last, that politicians don’t care too much what things cost. It’s not their money.

You’d be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!

We could afford the price of peace. Love is all it costs.