Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

Example is leadership.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

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.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.

(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

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

Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune.