He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.
Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.
I fight on. I fight to win.
Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
