Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.
Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old.
Most people stumble over the truth, now and then, but they usually manage to pick themselves up and go on, anyway.
The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
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