Promises are worse than lies. You don't just make them believe, you also make them hope.

One must never forget when misfortunes come that it is quite possible they are saving one from something much worse; or that when you make some great mistake, it may very easily serve you better than the best-advised decision.

You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves.

The difference between mere management and leadership is communication.

I cannot but think we have much to be thankful for, and more still to hope for in the future.

All the greatest things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honour; duty; mercy; hope.