Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
Hence 'the overthrow of government' as a coercive power, thereby denying God in another form.
I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
Let my enemies devour each other.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.
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.
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property
The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.
The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.
You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
