Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

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

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

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

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

In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.

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

Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.

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

By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.

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

One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.

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

Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest