We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

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

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

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.

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

Example is leadership.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.

Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.