"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty."

"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just."

"You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time."

"Those who would deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, cannot long retain it."

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

"If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business."

"A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark."

"I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA."

"We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts."

"If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny."

"What we think about, expands."

"The finest eloquence is that which gets things done; the worst is that which delays them."