99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

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

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

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

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

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

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.