Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.

(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

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

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.

I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.

I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest

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

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

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.