“The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property – either as a child, a wife, or a concubine – must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.”
“A nation that forgets its past has no future.”
“Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people’s idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.”
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
“To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.”
“Socialism is like a dream. Sooner or later you wake up to reality.”
“Socialism is an attack on the right to breathe freely. No socialist system can be established without a political police.”
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
“If we are together nothing is impossible. If we are divided all will fail.”
“Sometimes our best is simply not enough…. We have to do what is required.”
“If you don’t have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything.”
“Whenever I feel the need to take some exercise I lie down until the feeling goes away.”
‘You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves.”
“Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.”
“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!”
“Never abandon life. There is a way out of everything except death.”
‘Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be changed. If it cannot be changed, then it must be accepted.”
