A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Information is the currency of democracy.

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

How do you tell a Communist? Well, its someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? Its someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

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

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

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

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

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

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.

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

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.

A leader leads by example, not by force

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

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

I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few

Don't fight forces, use them.