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

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

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.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

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.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

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

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.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.