I used to say that whenever people heard my Southern accent, they always wanted to deduct 100 IQ points.
the government can do nothing for you. But you can do everything for yourselves
Whoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant, and I declare him my enemy.
Communism is a society where each one works according to his abilities and gets according to his needs.
Property is impossible.
All men in their hearts, I say, bear witness to these truths; they need only to be made to understand it.
it is the liberty that is the mother, not the daughter, of order.
You cannot be present in an abstract way. Presence is not about disappearing into nothingness. You can only be present with something that is actually here.
The America I know is great - not because government made it great but because ordinary citizens like me, like my father and like you are given the opportunity every day to do extraordinary things.
The first step to a better audition is to give up character and use yourself.
For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant - Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world - including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents.