A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.
Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.
The lady's not for turning.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
To lead the people, walk behind them.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.
A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.
We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.