He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

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

Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

When everything has to be right, something isn't.

(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.