I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.
Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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.
An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
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.
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.