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

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.

Quitting is leading too.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.

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

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

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

In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

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

Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Fascism is capitalism in decay.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

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

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.