Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.
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.
He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.
Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.
Don't fight forces, use them.
No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
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.
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
