Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

Action expresses priorities.

As government expands, liberty contracts.

It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

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.

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

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.

Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.

God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

Quitting is leading too.

It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.

Don't fight forces, use them.

Appearances matter and remember to smile.