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.
More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
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.
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.
A leader leads by example, not by force
Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest
If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.
Whoever controls the media, controls the mind