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

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

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

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

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

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.

When everything has to be right, something isn't.

Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

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

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.