Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front

While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

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

More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

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

Example is leadership.

I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Action expresses priorities.

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

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

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property