A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.

Information is the currency of democracy.

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.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

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

I fight on. I fight to win.

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

Let my enemies devour each other.

Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

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