Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.

I firmly believe that the army of persons who urge greater and greater centralization of authority and greater and greater dependence upon the Federal Treasury are really more dangerous to our form of government than any external threat that can possibly be arrayed against us.

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.

Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but rather memory.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Obedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity.