There's no dishonor in being forced by a superior power into slavery, but it is an eternal disgrace to voluntarily surrender one's liberty for a filthy bowl of oatmeal and promise of security by liars.

If we could manage our own finances the way the Congress does the nation's, we'd all be living in high cotton and eating high on the hog.

Reason and truth have rarely prevailed against demagoguery when the audience is too ignorant to tell the difference.

Don't live beyond your means. Don't buy more than you can pay for. Don't expect to get rich quick. And don't confuse salesmen for friends or advisers.

Experience to a politician is like experience to a prostitute - not much to recommend them.

Powers once assumed are never relinquished, just as bureaucracies, once created, never die.

The new laws passed by Congress in the name of fighting terrorism pose a greater danger to the civil liberties of American citizens than to the operations of terrorists. Powers once assumed are never relinquished, just as bureaucracies, once created, never die.