Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

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

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

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

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

Example is leadership.

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

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

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

If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.

Let my enemies devour each other.

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

We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

As government expands, liberty contracts.

By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

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

We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind