"Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions"

"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action"

"Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre"

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action"

"I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me"

"Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty"

"In order to rally people, governments need enemies... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us"

"Creating the kind of connections between people that lead to collective civic action, political expression, community dialogue, shared cultural experiences"

"Action conquers fear"

"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy"

"The ancestor of every action is a thought"