If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

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.

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.

Sometimes you have to pick the Gun up to put the Gun down

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

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.

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

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

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

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

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

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

Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees