Example is leadership.
That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.
Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
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.
You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.
How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.
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.
We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
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.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.