It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.

Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

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

Any cook should be able to run the country.

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

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.