“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.”

“I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.”

“Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.”

“Posterity -- you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.”

“Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.”

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

“Thus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.”