The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

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

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

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

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

We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.

The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

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

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

The lady's not for turning.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

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

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.

The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.