Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

Politics have no relation to morals.

Quitting is leading too.

Votes do not fall from the trees like ripe plums. They have to be fought for.

The lady's not for turning.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

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

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.

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

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