Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.
Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.
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.
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.
You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.
Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest
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.
I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
