The led must not be compelled; they must be able to choose their own leader.

Freedom of information is a fundamental human right...for a nation that is afraid to let its people to judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.

You find out the necessity of Liberty as you find out the necessity of air—by not having enough of it.

Racial discrimination is not a permissible solution... that can only weaken the principle of equality embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the Equal Protection Clause.

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

The overwhelming importance of the atmosphere means that there are no longer any frontiers to defend against pollution, attack, or propaganda. It means, further, that only by a deep patriotic devotion to one’s country can there be a hope of the kind of protection of the whole planet, which is necessary for the survival of the people of other countries.

Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing.

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.

I could not understand how any man could be so brutalized as to claim the right to dispose of the lives of others, nor how any man could be so lacking in self-esteem as to grant to others the right to dispose of his life.

There will be, in the next generation or so, a pharmacological method of making people love their servitude, and producing dictatorship without tears, so to speak, producing a kind of painless concentration camp for entire societies, so that people will in fact have their liberties taken away from them, but will rather enjoy it, because they will be distracted from any desire to rebel by propaganda or brainwashing, or brainwashing enhanced by pharmacological methods. And this seems to be the final revolution.

When one remains silent in the face of oppression, one is on the side of the oppressor.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow-beings.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

To change your mind and to follow him who sets you straight is to be nonetheless the free agent that you were before.

Are you one of the flock that follows, or Are you one that shall lead the way?

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.

An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over ashes.

Surely what a man does when he is in an uncomfortable situation is the best evidence for the sort of man he is.

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.

Wherever there is injustice, war, discrimination against women, gays and the disadvantaged, I did my best to show up and exert moral persuasion.

In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.