Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

Information is the currency of democracy.

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.

Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.

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

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.

He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.

You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

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

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

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

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

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.

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

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

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