Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. The course of history shows us that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.
We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
Fascism is capitalism in decay.
Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
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.
The defence of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.
