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

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Success is not final failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

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

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

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something sometime in your life.

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.

You did the best that you knew how. Now that you know better, you’ll do better.

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.