Only events and not a man's exertions in his own behalf, can make a President

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.

Women are the only people I am afraid of who I never thought would hurt me

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government - that is despotism.

Some day I shall be President.