The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

Don't fight forces, use them.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.

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

How do you tell a Communist? Well, its someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? Its someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

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

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

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.

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

A leader leads by example, not by force

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.