Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.

To lead the people, walk behind them.

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

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

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

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.

If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property

Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

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

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