Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
I fight on. I fight to win.
A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
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.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.