Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.
The vanity of others runs counter to our taste only when it runs counter to our vanity.
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.
There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.
I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.
The answer to many of the domestic problems we face is not higher taxes and more spending. It is less waste, more results and greater freedom for the individual American to earn a rightful place in his own community - and for States and localities to address their own needs in their own ways, in the light of their own priorities.
As many Europeans and other people from other countries, I have been led into my present activity by a very specific American gift of trade.
All men seek esteem; the best by lifting themselves, which is hard to do, the rest by shoving others down, which is much easier.
Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.