Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.
I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
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.
One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
