"I would rather be a little nobody, then to be an evil somebody."
"War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen. And I will give them all the war they want."
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul."
"Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"
"The best way to predict your future is to create it."
"Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed."
"I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go."
"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."
"The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph."
"Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed."
"I can make a speech on any topic and still be misunderstood."