Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

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.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.

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

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

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

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

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

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

As government expands, liberty contracts.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.

It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.

Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.