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

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

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.

We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.

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

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

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

A leader leads by example, not by force

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

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

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

Democracy is the road to socialism.

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

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

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

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.