"The world cannot long remain half-slave and half-free."

"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still."

"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control …"

"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials, but the…"

"I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm."