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When you're a lawyer, you expect your client to lie to you, but not when he is the president.
When you're a lawyer, you expect your client to lie to you, but not when he is the president.
It is maintained that a society is free only when dissenting minorities have room to throw their weight around. As read more
It is maintained that a society is free only when dissenting minorities have room to throw their weight around. As a matter of fact, a dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
The 2nd amendment was never intended to allow private citizens to 'keep and bear arms.' If it had, there would read more
The 2nd amendment was never intended to allow private citizens to 'keep and bear arms.' If it had, there would have been wording such as 'the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.' - July 27, 1992
Every good communist should know that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom read more
Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.
Only enemies speak the truth. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
Only enemies speak the truth. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom read more
People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a "have not" type of self.
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government -- he promised Dad he'd go straight.
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government -- he promised Dad he'd go straight.
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
