Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed

A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!

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.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.

I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.

Example is leadership.

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

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.

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

Hence 'the overthrow of government' as a coercive power, thereby denying God in another form.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

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

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.