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

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed

Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

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.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees

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

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker

A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.

That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.

Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.