If people cannot limit government they will not for long be free.

The idea of imposing universal peace on the world by force is a barbarian fantasy.

We have crossed the boundary that lies between Republic and Empire. If you ask when, the answer is that you cannot make a single stroke between day and night: the precise moment does not matter. There was no painted sign to say: 'You are now entering Imperium.' Yet it was a very old road and the voice of history was saying: 'Whether you know it or not, the act of crossing may be irreversible.' And now, not far ahead, is a sign that reads: 'No U-turns.'

Government is the natural enemy of freedom.

The New Deal was going to redistribute the national income according to ideals of social and economic justice.

You do not defend a world that is already lost.

Formerly government was the responsibility of people; now people were the responsibility of government.