Those who trade liberty for security have neither.

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.

But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three is a Congress.

The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.

A slap from an angel will make you wiserthan a kiss from the devil.

I have always been afraid of banks.

When I write after dark", observed Cyril Connolly, "the shades of evening scatter their purple through my prose

The concept of endless love is something that we can exercise in all kinds of ways.

I've got friends in low places, where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away.

The adoption of agriculture, supposedly our most decisive step toward a better life, was in many ways a catastrophe from which we have never recovered.

I smoke a pipe abroad, because To all cigars I much prefer it, And as I scorn you social laws, My choice has nothing to deter it.

Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

The left-handed are precious; they take places which are inconvenient for the rest.