Henry Ford

The South has a future which it can shape for itself, and avoid the mistakes which the more populous parts of the country have made.

There can be no lasting peace where hatred exists. Hatreds will continue to arise as long as the causes of war are not rooted out and exposed.

The great need of the world has always been for leaders. With more leaders we could have more industry. More industry, more employment and comfort for all.

The union organizers are asking us to sit still while it sells our men the jobs that have always been free.

Mr. Edison was comfortably well off-he was not a money maker.

You’ve got to teach youngsters the difference between right and wrong, but you shouldn’t try to poke it down their throats. Let them ask the questions and then give them the answers.

True freedom is being free from the search for freedom.

It is a fabulous country, the only fabulous country; it is the only place where miracles not only happen, but they happen all of the time.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Don’t wait until you’re in a crisis to come up with a crisis plan.

Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy?

I know the look of an apple that is roasting and sizzling on the hearth on a winter’s evening, and I know the comfort that comes of eating it hot, along with some sugar and a drench of cream… I know how the nuts taken in conjunction with winter apples, cider, and doughnuts, make old people’s tales and old jokes sound fresh and crisp and enchanting.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

No matter how flat you make a pancake, it’s still got two sides.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.

The more you know, the more you realise how much you don’t know — the less you know, the more you think you know.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.

This is your life and the clock is ticking.

It’s so much easier to tell people what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear.

I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.