The police of a state should never be stronger or better armed than the citizenry. An armed citizenry, willing to fight, is the foundation of civil freedom. That's a personal evaluation, of course.

Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing. One man may find happiness in supporting a wife and children. Another may find it in robbing banks. Still another may labor mightily for years in pursuing pure research with no discernible result. Note the individual and subjective nature of each case. No two are alike and there is no reason to expect them to be. Each man or woman must find for himself or herself that occupation in which hard work and long hours make him or her happy.

Never crowd youngsters about their private affairs - sex especially.

Liberty is never unalienable, it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes.

His was not a small mind bothered by logic and consistency.

Stupidity is the only natural capital offense.

A slave cannot be freed, save he do it himself. Nor can you enslave a free man; the very most you can do is kill him!