A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

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 from the back and let others believe they are in front

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

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.

The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

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

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

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

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

I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. The course of history shows us that as a government grows, liberty decreases.

In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

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