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

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

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

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

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

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

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

Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

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

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

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

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.