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.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

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

To lead the people, walk behind them.

The seed of revolution is repression.

Don't fight forces, use them.

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

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.

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.

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

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

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed