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.

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

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

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.

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

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

Appearances matter and remember to smile.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.

I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.

He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.

How do you tell a Communist? Well, its someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? Its someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.