We tend to get what we expect.

While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

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

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

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

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

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

Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.

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

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

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

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

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

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

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.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it