Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.

You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.

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

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.

More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.

The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.

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

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

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

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

Hence 'the overthrow of government' as a coercive power, thereby denying God in another form.

A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.