As government expands, liberty contracts.
Hence 'the overthrow of government' as a coercive power, thereby denying God in another form.
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.
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.
A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
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.
If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.
So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.
A leader leads by example, not by force
We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.
Quitting is leading too.
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
Votes do not fall from the trees like ripe plums. They have to be fought for.
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
He who talks more is sooner exhausted.