A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.
There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.
You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees
We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
If you make peaceful revolution impossible you make violent revolution inevitable
A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.
Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
