Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.
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 true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.
Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are
Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
Don't fight forces, use them.
In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.
We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
