I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

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

To lead the people, walk behind them.

Don't fight forces, use them.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

The more you read about politics, the more you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

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

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.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.

The seed of revolution is repression.

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

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

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of government is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is the history of the limitation of government, not the increase of it.

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

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