We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

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

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

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

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

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

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

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

By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

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

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

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

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

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.