“How do you tell a Communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.”

“The other day, someone told me the difference between a democracy and a people's democracy. It's the same difference between a jacket and a straitjacket.”

“The men of Normandy had faith that what they were doing was right, faith that they fought for all humanity, faith that a just God would grant them mercy on this beachhead or the next. It was the deep knowledge -- and pray God we have not lost it -- that there is a profound moral difference between the use of force for liberation and the use of force for conquest.”

“Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words: 'We the People’....Almost all the world's constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our Constitution is a document in which 'We the people' tell the government what it is allowed to do. 'We the people' are free.”

“Government's view of the economy can be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”

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

“Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.”

“The best possible social program is a job.”

“Republicans believe every day is 4th of July, but Democrats believe every day is April 15.”

“The doctor's fight against socialized medicine is your fight. We can't socialize the doctors without socializing the patients.”

“Are you entitled to the fruits of your labor or does government have some presumptive right to spend and spend and spend?”

“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I'm from the government and I'm here to help.’ ”

“I just wanted to speak to you about something from the Internal Revenue Code. It is the last sentence of section 509A of the code and it reads: 'For purposes of paragraph 3, an organization described in paragraph 2 shall be deemed to include an organization described in section 501C-4, 5, or 6, which would be described in paragraph 2 if it were an organization described in section 501C-3.' And that's just one sentence out of those fifty-seven feet of books.”

“No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth.”

“Our coins bear the words: ‘In God We Trust’. We take the oath of office asking His help in keeping that oath. And we proclaim that we are a nation under God when we pledge allegiance to the flag. But we can't mention His name in a public school or even sing religious hymns that are nondenominational. 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.”

“A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist.”

“Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards; If you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.”