Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
The more you read about politics, the more you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
A leader leads by example, not by force
Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
Fascism is capitalism in decay.
Quitting is leading too.
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.
So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.
As government expands, liberty contracts.
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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.
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.
An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.
There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.