"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
"Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement."
"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential."
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."
"I like a man who grins when he fights."
"If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time-a tremendous whack."
"Never, never, never give up."
"Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization."
"One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!"
"Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game."