A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
Example is leadership.
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.
I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.
The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.
Votes do not fall from the trees like ripe plums. They have to be fought for.
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.
Whoever controls the media, controls the mind
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.