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

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

Fascism is capitalism in decay.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

The seed of revolution is repression.

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

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

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

In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

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

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of government is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is the history of the limitation of government, not the increase of it.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

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