Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
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.
It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.