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.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.
Appearances matter and remember to smile.
Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.
It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.
Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.
Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.
Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.
To lead the people, walk behind them.
It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
The defence of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.
Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.
That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.
