A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.
Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of government is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is the history of the limitation of government, not the increase of it.
In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.
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.
It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.
A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.
Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.
