“A people free to choose will always choose peace.”

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

Government is like a baby: an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Government is like a baby: an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Government is like a baby: an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Sometimes when I’m faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve, and when we have finished eating that magnificent dinner, to ask him if he believes there’s a cook.

Sometimes when I’m faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve, and when we have finished eating that magnificent dinner, to ask him if he believes there’s a cook.

Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program.

Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas.

Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem.

Government is the people’s business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we’ve ever known.

You can create whatever you want. You just have to know what you want and take the opportunities as they come your way. We are who we choose to be.

Our future is in our hands. Our lives are what we choose to make them.

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

I keep one eye on the path I didn’t choose every day.

Ultimately, who you choose to be in a relationship with and what you do in your bedroom is your business.

You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.

To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.