Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

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

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

The defence of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.

Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. The course of history shows us that as a government grows, liberty decreases.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

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

I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

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

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

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.

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

Votes do not fall from the trees like ripe plums. They have to be fought for.

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