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

If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.

Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.

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.

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

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.

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.

I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.