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

We tend to get what we expect.

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.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

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

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

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

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.

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

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

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

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

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

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

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

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes

A leader leads by example, not by force