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

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

A leader leads by example, not by force

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

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

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

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

Information is the currency of democracy.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.

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.

Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.

Hence 'the overthrow of government' as a coercive power, thereby denying God in another form.

If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.

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

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes

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

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.