There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any successful defiance to the carrying out of court orders.

I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.

Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it then.