So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.
Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.
He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.
It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
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.
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.
Democracy is the road to socialism.
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
