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

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind

The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.

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

Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of government is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is the history of the limitation of government, not the increase of it.

We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

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

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

Let my enemies devour each other.

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed