Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.
Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost.
How do you tell a communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.