"I have done for my country and..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“Who then can so softly bind up the wound of another as he who has felt the same wound himself.”

“The suppression of unnecessary offices, of useless establishments and expenses enabled us to discontinue our internal taxes. These covering our land with officers, and opening our doors to their intrusions, had already begun that process of domiciliary vexation which, once entered, is scarcely to be restrained from reaching successively every article of produce and property.”

“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”

“I gave you the best of me, he'd told her once, and with every beat of her son's heart, she knew he'd done exactly that.”

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”

“We are reminded that, in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame, but rather how well we have loved and what small part we have played in making the lives of other people better.”

“If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation.”

“A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality.”

“To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication. Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have. Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done.”