Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. The course of history shows us that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.
Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.
Action expresses priorities.
It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.
A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
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.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
