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

The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

The more you read about politics, the more you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

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

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

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

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

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

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.

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

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

Information is the currency of democracy.

When everything has to be right, something isn't.

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

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