I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.
Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
The defence of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
We tend to get what we expect.
We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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.
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
If you make peaceful revolution impossible you make violent revolution inevitable
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
To lead the people, walk behind them.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
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.
