Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.
Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of government is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is the history of the limitation of government, not the increase of it.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.
Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
