If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.

If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

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

A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

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

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.

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

A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.

Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.

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

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

As government expands, liberty contracts.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

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