When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.

The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.

Few tasks, if any, are more important for the preservation of freedom than the preservation of a sound monetary system.