Leadership Quotes, page 35

“It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.”

“God bless the soldiers and seamen, with all their brave commanders.”

“Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.”

“When you make it to the top, turn and reach down for the person behind you.”

“A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.”

“I can make a general in five minutes, but a good horse is hard to replace.”

“Let's have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.”

“A statesman thinks in terms of future generations; a politician thinks in terms of the next election.”

“Let the people know the truth and the country is safe.”

“Don't kneel to me; that is not right. You must kneel to God only, and thank Him for the liberty you will hereafter enjoy.”

“Always let your subordinates know that the honor will be all theirs if they succeed and the blame will be yours if they fail.”

“Reputation is like fine china: once broken, it's very hard to repair.”

“You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.”

“You can't make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak.”

“Any society that takes away from those most capable and gives to the least will perish.”

“I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.”

“These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they and all others shall have.”

“The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves in their separate and individual capacities.”

“If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.”

“Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.”

“A man's legs must be long enough to reach the ground.”

“It is much easier to ride a horse in the direction it is going.”

“Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest virtues. It begins with saving money.”

“Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.”

“Public opinion in this country is everything.”

“There is no greater injustice than to wring your profits from the sweat of another man's brow.”

“Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.”

“I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game.”

“Avoid popularity if you would have peace.”

“Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.”