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Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman.

These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale, but surely, surely, a great rich country like ours will see that those who are dependent on us are properly provided for.

We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past.

We took risks, we knew we took them; things have come out against us, and therefore we have no cause for complaint, but bow to the will of Providence, determined still to do our best to the last.

We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker, of course, and the end cannot be far.

Presidential powers are not fixed but fluctuate, depending upon their disjunction or conjunction with those of Congress.

With all its defects, delays and inconveniences, men have discovered no technique for long preserving free government except that the Executive be under the law, and that the law be made by parliamentary deliberations.

All who have meant good work with their whole hearts, have done good work, although they may die before they have the time to sign it.

Before those who loved him, his memory shines like a reproach; they honour him for silent lessons; they cherish his example; and in what remains before them of their toil, fear to be unworthy of the dead.

A man must have the courage to be himself, and not the shadow or the echo of another.

Failure in any good cause is, however, honourable, whilst success in any bad cause is merely infamous.

What is done in business must be well done; for it is better to accomplish perfectly a small amount of work, than to half-do ten times as much.

There is a dignity in the very effort to save with a worthy purpose, even though the attempt should not be crowned with eventual success.

It is during our most challenging and uncertain moments that our Nation's commitment to due process is most severely tested; and it is in those times that we must preserve our commitment at home to the principles for which we fight abroad.

Do not, I beg you, dread those things which the immortal gods apply to our minds like spurs: misfortune is virtue's opportunity.

Let us strive hardily for success even if by so doing we risk failure, spurning the poorer souls of small endeavor who know neither failure nor success.

Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us.

our responsibility is heavy, to ourselves, to the world as it is to-day, and to the generations yet unborn

If thou bear it unwillingly, thou makest a burden for thyself and greatly increaseth thy load, and yet thou must bear it.

I advance with obedience to the work, ready to retire from it whenever you become sensible how much better choice it is in your power to make

From that event to the close of the war, I never experienced trepidation upon confronting an enemy, though I always felt more or less anxiety.

Do all that you can do in a perfect manner every day, but do it without haste, worry, or fear. Go as fast as you can, but never hurry.

So, if you want to change the world, don’t back down from the sharks.

There are a lot of sharks in the world. If you hope to complete the swim you will have to deal with them.

The most rational cure after all for the inordinate fear of death is to set a just value on life.