In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

Appearances matter and remember to smile.

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

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

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

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.

The seed of revolution is repression.

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

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

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

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

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.

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

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.