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

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

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

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.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

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

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

Appearances matter and remember to smile.

Action expresses priorities.