The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.

Our Federal Union: It must be preserved!

The Constitution of the United States forms a government, not a league. Each State, having expressly parted with so many powers as to constitute jointly with the other States a single nation, cannot from that period possess any right to secede.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.

Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear.

-- Arianna Huffington

To buy when others are despondently selling and to sell when others are avidly buying requires the greatest fortitude and pays the greatest ultimate rewards.

-- John Templeton

Have the courage of your knowledge and experience. If you have formed a conclusion from the facts and if you know your judgment is sound, act on it — even though others may hesitate or differ.

-- Benjamin Graham

Courage begins the difficult deed, but fortune governs its outcome.

-- Democritus

Short selling is intellectually much harder than going long. You need to have a thesis, and you also need the courage to stick with it when things go against you.

-- David Einhorn

Creativity takes courage.

-- Henri Matisse