Fascism is capitalism in decay.

A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

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

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

Let my enemies devour each other.

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

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

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

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

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.