A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

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

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

The lady's not for turning.

A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.

You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

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

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

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.

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.

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.