Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.
A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.
You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.
It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.
Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.