What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

Quitting is leading too.

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

I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

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

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.

Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

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.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

Example is leadership.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.

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

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.