In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.

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.

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.

The lady's not for turning.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

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.

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