So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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.
You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
As government expands, liberty contracts.
Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
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.
The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.
In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.