Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

Hence 'the overthrow of government' as a coercive power, thereby denying God in another form.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

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

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.

Think thousands time before taking a decision but - after taking decision never turn back even if you get thousands difficulties.