“The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.”

Indiscriminate tolerance and indiscriminate condemnation are not two opposites: they are two variants of the same evasion.

As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.

Don’t ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.

Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.

Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.

Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.

It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

A man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.

Compromise does not satisfy, but dissatisfies everybody; it does not lead to any general fulfillment, but to general frustration; those who try to become everything to all people end up by not being anything to anyone.

Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.

The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.

Little events, ordinary things, smashed and reconstituted. Suddenly, they become the bleached bones of a story.

The Founders never intended for Americans to trust their government. Our entire Constitution was predicated on the notion that government was a necessary evil, to be restrained and minimized as much as possible.

We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white.

I call myself a constitutional conservative.

Strike the words “white male” from all your constitutions, and then, with fair sailing, let us sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish together.

Our new Soviet constitution will, in my opinion, be the most democratic constitution of all those existing in the world.

The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.

If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.