Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.
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.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
We tend to get what we expect.
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.
If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
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.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
To lead the people, walk behind them.
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
