This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

We tend to get what we expect.

Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

Any cook should be able to run the country.

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

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

Sometimes you have to pick the Gun up to put the Gun down

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.