Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

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

God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.

Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.

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

Information is the currency of democracy.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

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

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

The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.

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

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

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

Appearances matter and remember to smile.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

When everything has to be right, something isn't.

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.