The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave.

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order.

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions can prove a substitute for common sense and public morality.

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.

I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.

Even if you enjoy the activity of exploring caves, to be trapped and not know whether you're going to get out alive is terrifying.

I think certain people are the way they are for certain reasons that we can't necessarily judge without knowing.

We've all been victims. We've all been perpetrators. And, so there is a group that is still experiencing that.

Economic growth is the most important initiative every governor faces.

Little choices determine habit; Habit carves and molds character. Which makes the big decisions.

Everybody can be smart.

As the prospect of a Tory government gets nearer, many traditional Labour voters - some who switched away in recent times and many who stayed at home - seem more determined to prevent that happening.

The courage of one's opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the "other side.

If you have never visited the valleys, the view from the mountain top is not breathtaking.

So history is fertile territory for me and I think I could feel happy with any period of history, provided I had the right sources and the necessary time for the initial research.