Sometimes you have to pick the Gun up to put the Gun down

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

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.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.