Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
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.
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.
A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
How do you tell a Communist? Well, its someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? Its someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.
Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.
Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
Dictators never invent their own opportunities.
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.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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.
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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.