By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.

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

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.

Let my enemies devour each other.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

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

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

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

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

Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.

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

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

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

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.

Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.

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

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