Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
Any cook should be able to run the country.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
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.
More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.
The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.
Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
The defence of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.
A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!
If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.