Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.
I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.
By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
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.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.
I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.
Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.
We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.
