That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.

More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.

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

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

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

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

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

Fascism is capitalism in decay.

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

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.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

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

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

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it