As government expands, liberty contracts.
You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.
I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.
Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.
Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.
It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
Don't fight forces, use them.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
A leader leads by example, not by force
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
