Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

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

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

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

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

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

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 impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

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

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.