I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

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I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more...

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more...

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice...

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and...

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and...

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.