I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

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

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Don't fight forces, use them.

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

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.

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

All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.

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.

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

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

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

Votes do not fall from the trees like ripe plums. They have to be fought for.

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

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