The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

To lead the people, walk behind them.

You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

Example is leadership.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

The lady's not for turning.

When everything has to be right, something isn't.