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

“If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.”

“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.”

“In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow men, not knowing what they do.”

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

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