Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. And let me remind you, they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyrannies. Absolute power does corrupt, and those who seek it must be suspect and must be opposed.

To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.

We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige

Government should stay the hell out of people's business.

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

The fellow has absolutely no principles."Money and gall" is all he has.

Small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.