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

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

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

The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

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

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.

Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. The course of history shows us that as a government grows, liberty decreases.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

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

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

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.

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

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

To lead the people, walk behind them.

Let my enemies devour each other.

The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.