Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

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

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.

I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.

A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

A leader leads by example, not by force

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

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

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

Any cook should be able to run the country.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

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

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.

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