Let us, each of us, now embrace with solemn duty and awesome joy what is our lasting birthright. With common effort and common purpose, with passion and dedication, let us answer the call of history and carry into an uncertain future that precious light of freedom.

I reserve the right to be smarter today than I was yesterday.

Strategic leaders must not get consumed by the operational and tactical side of their work. They have a duty to find time to shape the future.

In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.

Among individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace.'