I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

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

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.

To lead the people, walk behind them.

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

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

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.

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

Democracy is the road to socialism.

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

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

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

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

The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.

Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.

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

The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.

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

The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.