Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
As government expands, liberty contracts.
Votes do not fall from the trees like ripe plums. They have to be fought for.
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
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.
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
Don't fight forces, use them.
Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed
I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
When everything has to be right, something isn't.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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.
