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The wealth and prosperity of the country are only the comeliness of the body, the fullness of the flesh and read more
The wealth and prosperity of the country are only the comeliness of the body, the fullness of the flesh and fat; but the spirit is independent of them; it requires only muscle, bone and nerve for the true exercise of its functions. We cannot lose our liberty, because we cannot cease to think.
The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it.The read more
The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it.The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.
I ask you to join in a re-United States. We need to empower our people so they can take more read more
I ask you to join in a re-United States. We need to empower our people so they can take more responsibility for their own lives in a world that is ever smaller, where everyone counts. We need a new spirit of community, a sense that we are all in this together, or the American Dream will continue to wither. Our destiny is bound up with the destiny of every other American.
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation.
A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation.
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. - Inaugural Address.
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. - Inaugural Address.
A democratic despotism is like a theocracy: it assumes its own correctness.
A democratic despotism is like a theocracy: it assumes its own correctness.
Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
