Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.
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.
No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.
Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.
You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.
If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.
Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.
Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
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.
