An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.

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.

Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.

A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.