Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

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

Let my enemies devour each other.

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

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.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

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

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

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

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.