Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.

A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

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

A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

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

A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

Action expresses priorities.

Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees

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

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.