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.
Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.
Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.
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.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.
