Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
Politics have no relation to morals.
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it
Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
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.
Dictators never invent their own opportunities.
The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.
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.
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
As government expands, liberty contracts.
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.