The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.
A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.
Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.
Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.
I fight on. I fight to win.
Action expresses priorities.
When everything has to be right, something isn't.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Appearances matter and remember to smile.
If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed
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 a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.