(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

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.

By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

Votes do not fall from the trees like ripe plums. They have to be fought for.

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

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

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

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.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.