It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. The course of history shows us that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
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.
We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.
Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
Let my enemies devour each other.
It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.
Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
