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

You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream -- the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order -- or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. - Ronald Reagan

Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains. - Winston Churchill

There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war; it's to be prepared for peace. - Ronald Reagan

We've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of government himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? - Ronald Reagan

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -James Madison