One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.
Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune.
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
Politics have no relation to morals.
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.
I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.
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.
Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.
When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.
Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.
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 hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.
