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

Any cook should be able to run the country.

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

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

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

Fascism is capitalism in decay.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees

I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.

Votes do not fall from the trees like ripe plums. They have to be fought for.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.

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

The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.

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

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.