Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.
Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.
Hence 'the overthrow of government' as a coercive power, thereby denying God in another form.
Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property
A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.
Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.
The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.