The seed of revolution is repression.

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

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.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

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.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

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

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.

You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

As government expands, liberty contracts.

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

How do you tell a Communist? Well, its someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? Its someone who understands Marx and Lenin.