Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

We tend to get what we expect.

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

Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.

Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.

If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.

Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

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

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

Information is the currency of democracy.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

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.