The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.

How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

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

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

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.

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

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.

Example is leadership.

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

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.