The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
The seed of revolution is repression.
What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
Let my enemies devour each other.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.
In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.
Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.
How do you tell a Communist? Well, its someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? Its someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of government is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is the history of the limitation of government, not the increase of it.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
