Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small steps.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps.
Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.
What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.
Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.
Liberty has restraints but no frontiers.
We are muddled into war.
A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.
Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men.
