Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.

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.

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

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

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

To lead the people, walk behind them.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

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.

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.