As government expands, liberty contracts.

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.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

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.

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

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

If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.

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

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

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.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.