In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

Appearances matter and remember to smile.

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.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.

Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.

You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest

A leader leads by example, not by force

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.