A leader leads by example, not by force

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

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

We tend to get what we expect.

It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

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

Any cook should be able to run the country.

A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

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

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

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

The lady's not for turning.

How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.