Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.
Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.
Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
The seed of revolution is repression.
(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.