In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Any cook should be able to run the country.

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

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

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

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

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are

Don't fight forces, use them.

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes

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

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

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

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

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

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