The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.

When everything has to be right, something isn't.

Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.

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

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

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.

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

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

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

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

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.

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

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

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.

I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.