Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed
Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.
A leader leads by example, not by force
A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.
Sometimes you have to pick the Gun up to put the Gun down
We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.
No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.
Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.
Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few
When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
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.
In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.
If you make peaceful revolution impossible you make violent revolution inevitable
Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.
Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
