Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy. Proverbs 31:8,9
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The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt, "Citizen in a Republic", April 23, 1910
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Trial by jury in civil cases is as essential to secure the liberty of the people as any one of the pre-existent rights of nature. James Madison
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The wisdom of our sages and the blood of our heroes has been devoted to the attainment of trial by jury. It should be the creed of our political faith. Thomas Jefferson First Inaugural Address
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The tree of liberty, from time to time, must be replenished with the blood of patriots. President Thomas Jefferson
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If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old. James A. Garfield
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Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace. Martin Luther
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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The best thing about the future is that is comes only one day at a time. Abraham Lincoln
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The one who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the one who is doing it. Ancient Chinese Proverb
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There is a law in psychology that if you form a picture in your mind of what you would like to be, and you keep and hold that picture there long enough, you will soon become exactly as you have been thinking. William James
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Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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To believe is very dull. To doubt is intensely engrossing. To be on the alert is to live. To be lulled into security is to die. Oscar Wilde
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Keep away from the people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you, too, can become great. Mark Twain
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Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and common sense. Buddha
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In the fields of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind. Louis Pasteur
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For the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor. Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776
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The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. Michelangelo
