In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker

It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.

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

The lady's not for turning.

Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.

A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!

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

Information is the currency of democracy.

Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.

A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

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

A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

To lead the people, walk behind them.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

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