I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.
Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.
A leader leads by example, not by force
A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.
Dictators never invent their own opportunities.
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
Politics have no relation to morals.
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. The course of history shows us that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
