We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.

Passivity is the same as defending injustice.

He's conservative, but when he needs to be competitive he's a killer. He has an amazing engine.

I don't think that a leader can control to any great extent his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation, if the forces of history are running in another direction.

It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

It is better to deserve honors and not have them, than to have them and not deserve them.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

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