Votes do not fall from the trees like ripe plums. They have to be fought for.

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.

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.

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

Any cook should be able to run the country.

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

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.

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

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

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

If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.

I fight on. I fight to win.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.