"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled."



"Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We must set sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it -but set sail we must, and not drift, nor lie at anchor."

"Lives based on having are less free than lives based on either doing or being."

“I hope we shall... crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and to bid defiance to the laws of our country.”

"The love of one's country is a natural thing, but why stop at the border?"