Pericles

"I could tell you a long story about what is to be gained by beating the enemy back. What I would prefer is that you should fix your eyes every day on the greatness of Athens as she realty is, and shou…"

"Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now. We do not need the praises of a Homer, or of anyone else whose words may delight us for the moment, but the estimation of facts wil…"

"Our constitution does not copy the laws of neighboring states; we are rather a pattern to others than imitators ourselves"

"Hatred and unpopularity at the moment have fallen to the lot of all who have aspired to rule others; but where odium must be incurred, true wisdom incurs it for the highest objects. Hatred also is sho…"

"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."

"Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time."

"Instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling block in the way of action, we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all."

"Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it."