Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
Sometimes you have to pick the Gun up to put the Gun down
We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.
If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
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.
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.
