The powerful are like a compressor, they will grind into paste everything on their way

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves — self-discipline with all of them came first.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. These qualities have ever been displayed in their mightiest perfection, as attendants in the retinue of strong passions.

I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will triumph in that Day's Transaction.