If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

Sometimes you have to pick the Gun up to put the Gun down

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

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

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

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

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

Action expresses priorities.

It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.