The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe with a conviction based on experience that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience.

Conviction without experience makes for harshness.

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person who is then equal.

It was the full conviction of this and of what could be done if every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination.

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else.

To bathe a cat takes brute force perseverance courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.

Ronald Reagan's well documented final battles with Alzheimer's disease were fought with the same conviction and courage that his many public battles were fought.

Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two it covers everything. You must stick to those principles and have the courage of your convictions.

I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight.