Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

The defence of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.

I fight on. I fight to win.

A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

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

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.

I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

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.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.

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

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

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.