Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

A leader leads by example, not by force

The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

Quitting is leading too.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.

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

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.

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

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

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.