All government, of course, is against liberty.

It is with your aid, as the people, that I think we shall be able to preserve – not the country, for the country will preserve itself, but the institutions of the country – those institutions which have made us free, intelligent and happy – the most free, the most intelligent, and the happiest people on the globe.

I do not believe that government should be in the business of telling women what they should do with their bodies.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

My heart aches for America and its deceived people.

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

You think the world was shocked when Nixon resigned? Wait till I whup George Foreman’s behind.

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

I think that people are tired. They’re tired of the same old kind of politics. People want a new tone to politics.

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.

We are not going to be satisfied by politicians saying ‚we support you‘ and then walking away. We won’t be satisfied until they meet our demands and act. That’s why simply taking a selfie or posting support on Twitter isn’t enough. That’s why we have to keep striking.

There’s only one thing that can kill the movies, and that’s education.

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.

I have not endorsed Trump and will not do so.

I consider anybody a twerp who hasn’t read ‚Democracy in America‘ by Alexis de Tocqueville. There can never be a better book than that one on the strengths and vulnerabilities inherent in our form of government.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.

You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.

All people are born alike – except Republicans and Democrats.

Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated.

Mandela’s heroism is the heroism of a man who suffered so badly for what he thought of as freedom. And yet when he had the upper hand he has this incredible self-control and these incredible leadership qualities.

All religions and all communities have the same rights, and it is my responsibility to ensure their complete and total protection. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it.

As a matter of fact, I didn’t make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.

Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples‘ money.

Governments are supposed to lie to their citizens.

Artists have a responsibility to speak and to act when governments fail, and if we don’t do that, we really deserve the world we get.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

With Benghazi, I don’t see anyone saying, ‚Hey look, I am overall responsible for this and therefore, I take responsibility for what happened. It’s my fault.‘ I haven’t heard that yet. Meanwhile, the other side of the coin, the Osama bin Laden raid, it seems everyone made that decision, and that’s just unbelievable to me.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president… is morally treasonable to the American public.

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

I am a Christian and a Democrat, that’s all.

Richard Nixon was an evil man – evil in a way that only those who believe in the physical reality of the Devil can understand it. He was utterly without ethics or morals or any bedrock sense of decency.

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves. That’s why you have state secret laws. Citizens are not supposed to know what their government is doing to them.

When even one American – who has done nothing wrong – is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth – then all Americans are in peril.

It is a fine game to play – the game of politics – and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

There is no room for military people, including our veterans, to see themselves as victims, even if so many of our countrymen are prone to relish that role.

We’re a diverse society, and I think the TV is doing a great job in showing that we’re all human beings, that we can all get along, that we can all be together, and I think that’s a marvelous thing.

I learned to fly a few years ago in England. It’s the only place I’m completely alone – up in the air, detached from everything.

Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.

President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.

People forget… that we structured it so that the government, or the people, would be repaid with a really good rate of return. And as it turns out, that aspect of TARP, that’s what happened.

Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

I know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want.

In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom – along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society.

You have freedom when you’re easy in your harness.

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.

Locally, I’ll vote one way and nationally, maybe another.

We have an epidemic of insecure people in our society today.

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.

Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial.

You don’t have to be like everybody else or do things like everybody else. God created you to be a unique individual, and He wants you to be free to be who He made you to be.

Money is kind of a base subject. Like water, food, air and housing, it affects everything yet for some reason the world of academics thinks it’s a subject below their social standing.