“Everyone wants a voice in human freedom. There's a fire burning inside all of us.”
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Courageous Quotes — page 183 of 1106
“In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But society had changed, and they no longer felt that way. As humans grew stronger, I think that we became quite arrogant, losing the sorrow of 'we have no other choice.' I think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures.”
“I’d rather apologize than to be so timid as to never try to do anything smart or brave.”
“They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.”
“Tell the politicians and the hustlers: live and let live.”
“To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.”
“Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.”
“You can let hate, animosity and anger eat away at you, or you can let it go and begin again.”
“I beg you be persuaded that no one would be more zealous than myself to establish effectual barriers against the horrors of spiritual tyranny, and every species of religious persecution.”
“The thing about courage is it’s something that we have to learn and relearn our whole lives. It’s not just in you, it’s in every choice we make every day.”
“If you are working 50 hours a week in a factory, you don't have time to read 10 newspapers a day and go back to declassified government archives. But such people may have far-reaching insights into the way the world works.”
“Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely.”
“Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed.”
“There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.”
“If you are going to do something that you have to lie about, don't do it, it's very simple.”
“No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.”
“I have found that you have only to take that one step toward the gods, and they will then take ten steps toward you. That step, the heroic first step of the journey, is out of, or over the edge of, your boundaries, and it often must be taken before you know that you will.”
“When you chop wood, splinters fly”
“An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.”
“I have said this in the past and I will continue to repeat it as long as I live: Whoever tries to hurt our national unity is my enemy until the day of judgement.”