"It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things."

"The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on the conservative side."

"Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' - and get busy and find out how to do it."

"If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name."

"When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty.'"

"If I must choose between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness."

"Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born."

"He waited for the mask to drop off, but at the same time he did not question her right to wear it."

"Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others."

"The little foolery that wise men have makes a great show."

"If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it."

"A great obstacle to happiness is the expectation of too great a happiness."