Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

The defence of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.