Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
Votes do not fall from the trees like ripe plums. They have to be fought for.
What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front
We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees
We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.
As government expands, liberty contracts.
Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.