I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.
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.
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.
Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Fascism is capitalism in decay.
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
