It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are

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.

To lead the people, walk behind them.

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

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

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.

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

Appearances matter and remember to smile.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

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

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

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

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.