law, reputation and optimism

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
~ Martin Luther King Jr.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
~ Henry Ford

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.
~ Robert Brault

When it goes wrong, attitude is everything

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
~ Henry Ford

(Note: His first two efforts to launch an automotive company ended in bankruptcy)

Let the government take care of us

If the government is big enough to give you everything you want, it is big enough to take away everything you have.
~ Gerald Ford