In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

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

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.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

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

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

We tend to get what we expect.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.