When everything has to be right, something isn't.
I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.
I fight on. I fight to win.
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.
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
Hence 'the overthrow of government' as a coercive power, thereby denying God in another form.
In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.
Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.
Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.
Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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.
Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
Dictators never invent their own opportunities.
I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.
Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.