Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.

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

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

I fight on. I fight to win.

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

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

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.

As government expands, liberty contracts.

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

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

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.

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.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

Hence 'the overthrow of government' as a coercive power, thereby denying God in another form.