Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

The point to remember is that what the Government gives it must first take away.

The point to remember is that what the Government gives it must first take away.

Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed.

Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed.

All government--indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every
virtue and every prudent act--is founded on compromise and
barter.

All government--indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every
virtue and every prudent act--is founded on compromise and
barter.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its read more

Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?

Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens - and then everybody disagrees.

Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens - and then everybody disagrees.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.