He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it

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.

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

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

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.

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

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

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

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.

I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

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

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

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.