If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

Don't fight forces, use them.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

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

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

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

Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.

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

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

Any cook should be able to run the country.

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

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

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

To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.