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

If you make peaceful revolution impossible you make violent revolution inevitable

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

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

A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.

Don't fight forces, use them.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

The more you read about politics, the more you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

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

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.