It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

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

In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.

Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

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

Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.

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

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.